Dammam, September 9: The Indian Social Forum Karnataka (ISF) State Eastern Province conducted a community welfare activities workshop for the volunteers to deal with Indian community welfare cases in Saudi Arabia, at Rose Restaurant Auditorium here on September 7.

The objective of the workshop was to brief Indian social welfare activities and train ISF volunteer on how effectively they could get involved in the welfare activities of fellow NRIs in Saudi Arabia.

ISF secretary Mohammad Firoz explained the volunteers on the methods and techniques dealing with community welfare activities and highlighted the importance of coordinating with Indian Embassy while addressing the NRI issues. Naushad Katipalla, in-charge of the ISF community welfare team, conducted question and answer session for the audience. Being an authorized volunteer of the Indian Embassy, Naushad Katipalla has been assisting NRIs in several years in Saudi Arabia. ISF State Committee SWC member Arif Jokatte briefed about the Indian Social Forum activities.

Indian Social Forum volunteers Ibrahim Abdul Khader Alkhobar , Rafique Budoli AlHasa ,  Hasan Kinnigoli Jubail were felicitated for their excellent contributions to Indian community welfare activities in the recent past.

Earlier, general secretary of ISF Karnataka Muhammad Salahuddin welcomed the gathering and ISF president Mohammed Shareef appealed NRIs to join hands with Indian Social Forum to help the needy fellow Indians in Saudi Arabia.

General secretary of India Fraternity Forum, Sajid Valavoor, Tajamul Hussain Raichur Trust, Masada Nawin Bhandary, Mohammed Noumann, Sayyed Amir, Safeerul Haq Tamimi, Dr. Abhijit (Rahwda Hospital), Bandenawaz Bijapur, Anwar Sadath Mangaluru, Ibrahim Vasat Mangaluru, Suhail Mysuru, Iftikar Bangaluru, Mohammed Ashraf Helpy, Atik Mysuru, Hamid Hussain and syed Saifulla were present.



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Nanded (PTI): Four children, aged between 10 and 13 years, drowned in a water-filled pit near a drain work site in Maharashtra’s Nanded on Thursday, police said.

The incident occurred around 11.30 am near MGR Garden in the Degloor Naka area of the city, said an official.

According to the police, the civic body is constructing a drain in the area. There is a 15-foot-deep pit near the site where wastewater had accumulated, they said.

Four children, all residents of Islampura, went to the spot to play and eventually entered the water without gauging its depth, said the official.

Hearing their cries, police and local residents rushed to the spot but could not save the boys, he said.

The children have been identified as Mohammad Adnan Mohammad Feroz (10), Mohammad Ali Mohammad Idris (13), Sayyed Irfan Sayyed Feroz (13) and Aayan Ibrahim Bagwan (11).

No case has been registered so far, he added.