Rotary Bengaluru Manyata distributes over 80,000 relief kits to needy families, migrant workers
Mohammed Tasleel awarded McIver Award for community service during pandemic
Bengaluru: As the global pandemic gripped the country in early March followed by countrywide lockdown announced by the Government of India, several migrant workers, poor families, and daily wage earners’ survival was put in question. Several organizations and volunteers across the country came forward and volunteered in helping these sections of the society survive the pandemic.
Rotary Club also came forward and rendered services with the help of its volunteers and distributed over 80,000 food kits to the needy families and migrant workers.
One among such many volunteers was Mohammed Tasleel from Mangaluru, who rendered his services to the affected people in and around Bengaluru. A Rotarian himself, Tasleel led a team of Rotary volunteers and has so far distributed over 80,000 meals to hospitals, COVID-patients, migrant workers, daily wagers, families in sealed down zones in and around the city.
The team has also given away over 10,000 masks, 5000 bottles of sanitizers, face shields, essential items like milk, and vegetable kits to over 16,000 families.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati, Tasleel added that the team of volunteers also distributed more than 400 grocery kits to physically challenged and to the needy families across Bengaluru.
When the second phase of the lockdown began, the team took it upon themselves to help the poor migrant workers struggling to go to their native, to be fed. The team set up its stations at Railway Stations and Bus stop from where these migrants would take buses after registration. The team distributed food kits, snacks, milk, water, and juices to over 36,000 migrant workers and their families to make their journey comfortable.
Tasleel, a resident of Bejai in Mangaluru and son of Halengady Abdul Rahim, moved to Bengaluru 18 years ago in 2002 and has been working as an Interior Designer in the city ever since. He joined Rotary Club in 2016-17 and has since been an active worker of the organization.
Taking note of his relentless services during the time of COVID-19 pandemic, the organization bestowed him with the prestigious Annual McIver Award in the category of Community Service Avenue. He was also recently elected as the President of Bengaluru Rotary Manyata.
Under Tasleel’s guidance, the team has also supplied vegetables on a daily basis to the inmates and fodder to 40-50 cows every day at Goshala of ISKON temple. ISKON also wrote to laud the noble gesture by Tasleel and his team and appreciated their work.
In April, the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute also lauded the efforts of Tasleel for donating food packets for the relief of people affected by the pandemic and the health workers at Victoria Hospital in the city and wrote an appreciation letter to Tasleel and his team.
Apart from Rotary, Tasleel also is an active member of the Bearys Association Bengaluru, Al Madina Association in Bengaluru, and others.
On July 15, the Rotary Manyata team led by Tasleel also launched another program wherein it will provide Oxygen Concentrators and Cylinder Support services for the needy people, free of cost. The new service was launched by DCP Dr. Beemashankar Guled at Primary Health Center, Hegdenagar in the city.
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Two held at Bengaluru airport with hydroponic ganja worth Rs 5.79 cr
Bengaluru (PTI): Two people were arrested at the Kempegowda International Airport here for attempting to smuggle hydroponic ganja valued at Rs 5.79 crore, upon their arrival from Bangkok on Wednesday, officials said
They seized 16.54 kg of hydroponic ganja, which was concealed in the checked-in baggage, the Bengaluru Customs said in a post on 'X'.
Both the accused were arrested under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, it said.
Meanwhile, the Customs officials at the Bengaluru Airport also disposed of 287.5 kg of Ganja (Hydroponic Weed) and 1.17 kg of Cocaine seized under the NDPS Act, 1985, in accordance with CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs) Disposal Manual on March 17, it said in another post.
