Relief materials in cash and food worth Rs 4.5 million to quake victims
Kathmandu, May 25, A spiritual organization, Heavenly Path, has distributed
relief materials in cash and food worth Rs 4.5 million to victims of the
earthquake in the affected districts.
The organization,
active in a dozen countries around the globe, held a press conference today
during which it was informed that its founding member His Holiness Master
Godangel would lead the distribution of additional relief materials worth
another Rs 2 million.
The Heavenly Path
on May 1 launched rehabilitation programmes in remote areas of Sindhupalchowk,
Gorkha, Kavrepalanchowk, Nuwakot, Dhading, Rasuwa, Ramechap and Okhaldhunga.
On the occasion,
Godangel urged the followers to distribute relief materials and help quake
victims in the rehabilitation with an altruistic feeling at a time when the
country is going through a painful time.
Godangel said a
religious worship ceremony would be held which would include the participation
of religious Gurus of all the religions. Furthermore, Godangel pledged the
organization would head towards such destinations where relief has not yet
reached if it is informed of such locations.
The organization
also led a campaign to retrieve bodies and to help in the victims' funeral
rites at Mailung, Gogane and Tiru villages in Rasuwa district.
The Heavenly Path
is active in the US, Britain, India, Bhutan, Hong Kong, Brunei, Malaysia, Qatar,
Singapore and Thailand.