Assam University Teachers’ Association distribute relief materials among flood victims

June 2: In solidarity with the flood victims of Assam, Assam University Teachers’ Association (AUTA) plunged into action. On the 31st of May, 2022, the office bearers of AUTA along with the members of the EC and several other teachers from various departments visited the affected areas along with the students of the Social Work Department and distributed packages as relief.

Vice Chancellor, Prof. Rajive Mohan Pant and, several other faculty members and statutory officers from the teaching community also joined the team and greatly encouraged the latter by travelling in the buses allotted by the university for the same and, actively participating in delivering packages door to door.

To visit the different areas, the team was divided into three smaller groups. The flood-hit areas where the relief packages were Dargakona Community, Old Irongmara Community, Hati-Tilla Community, 6 No. Basti Community, Chatla Bairagitilla Community, Daspara Community, Rose Kandy Tea Community and, Rajubari Community, Borojalenga. More than 200 affected households were reached with the packets containing rice, pulses, potatoes, edible oil, sugar, mosquito repellent, notebooks (for children), milk powder and bleaching powder. The visit was led by the Department of Social Work, AUS. Further, AUTA functionaries informed that a token of Rs.1 Lakh will be given to the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund through the University.