{"id":5374,"date":"2020-09-22T07:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/?p=5374"},"modified":"2024-10-23T07:43:06","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T07:43:06","slug":"calcutta-rescue-rescues-the-canal-east-fire-survivors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/2020\/09\/22\/calcutta-rescue-rescues-the-canal-east-fire-survivors\/","title":{"rendered":"Calcutta Rescue rescues the Canal East fire survivors"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"5374\" class=\"elementor elementor-5374\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-06b2e30 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"06b2e30\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-987cbcc e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"987cbcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_ha_eqh_enable&quot;:false}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa9c116 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"fa9c116\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! 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They have lost everything from their utensils, cloths to the important documents like Aadhar and voter identity cards,\u201d said Debu the Assistant Project Officer of Calcutta Rescue Street Medicine programme. \u201cNext day me and my team visited the area. It was disastrous!\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-405bfc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"405bfc3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/canal-eaST5-225x300-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"179\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 134px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 134\/179;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/canal-eaST5-225x300-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"134\" height=\"179\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Little could be salvaged from the wreckage and young women and around 100 children were sleeping on plastic sheets in the open.\u00a0<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cab9092 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cab9092\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/canal-east-distribution-1024x768-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"137\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 182px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 182\/137;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dmg.org.in\/calcuttarescue\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/canal-east-distribution-1024x768-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"182\" height=\"137\" \/><\/noscript><\/p>\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<div dir=\"auto\">Calcutta Rescue team immediately distributed food to everyone and more tarpaulin sheets \u2013 so everyone had a tent to sleep in.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Charity chief executive Jaydeep Chakraborty who visited the scene shortly afterwards said: \u201cMy heart goes out to all the families whose homes and belongings have been totally obliterated in this fire, especially our three handicapped children, patients Ajmira, Tazmira and Asgar Ali, and our 70 year old cardiac patient Rameswar Das.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u201cI will ensure Calcutta Rescue does everything it can to help rebuild their homes and lives, as well as those of other families in the bustee (slum) over the coming days and weeks.\u201d<\/div>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b9a9e4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b9a9e4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">And that\u2019s exactly what Calcutta Rescue did. Twice a day it ferried in food for all the affected people.\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">The charity\u2019s medical director, Dr Ghosh, went to the slum and did a medical check-up for those in poor health.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">Every family has now been given clothes, mosquito net, dishes, bowls, buckets, glasses, bedding and also pump stoves. 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