Day 2: NSS, IIT Kharagpur Annual Camp 2016

Day 2 of the annual camp  exceptionally productive - even when one looks back at the record of NSS Annual Camps over the past several years.  But that was not the most interesting bit.  While all  Units worked very hard at building or repairing roads at Khelar, Banpatna, Purba Shikarpari and adjoining area in before lunch, mention must be made of the initiatives of Units 1 and 3.

Unit 1 volunteers looked around for a force-multiplier to leverage their productivity.  They ended up hiring a large hand cart to boost their productivity.  They even jigged up a track across a construction trench for the hand cart fully loaded with moorum by laying the wooden planks borrowed from the construction crew, who dug the ditch across Unit 1 supply route.  A video is shared in this post on how Unit 1 broke through to the other side - literally.

Unit 3, on the other hand, noticed a contaminated water well during the survey they conducted on Day 1.  Their discussion with the locals indicated that the problem could be addressed by simple chlorination of the water source.  They brought the supplies and were getting ready to deal with the issue.  Let's see how it works out.

The afternoon session St John Ambulance Brigade conducted two short training sessions on first aid and disaster management.  We will find tomorrow which Unit made the most of these training programs.

Photos:

Road repair by Unit 1- Thanks to Aniket Kumar for sharing this image

Road repair by Unit 15- Thanks to Asesh Pradhan for sharing this image

Road Repair at Khelar

Road Repair at Khelar

Presentation of Mr Goutam Bankura of St John Ambulance Brigade on human anatomy and first aid

First aid training audience

Mr Anupam Paladhi on Disaster management

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