Oollta Cab felicitates ‘Flood Warriors’ for humane service rendered during devastating flood in Silchar

July 15: The devastating flood which occurred recently in Cachar caused heavy loss to the people. During the flood, people especially residing in Silchar faced huge crisis of drinking water and other essential food stuff. Initially, there was almost no help from the government agencies as alleged by most of the waterlogged populace of the town. It was then that some individuals, clubs, NGO’s, organisations came to the forefront and stood besides the flood affected people risking their own lives.

As part of their social responsibility, Oollta Cab honoured such individuals, organisations & media houses for their outstanding and humane service rendered to the victims of devastating and unprecedented flood in Silchar and its vicinity during June 2022. In a statement, while felicitating them, Oollta Cab stated, “Your exemplary service beyond self amidst the most difficult and unforeseen situation will go down history of Silchar which future generation will will be proud to emulate.”

On 12 and 13 July, 2022, Oollta Cab organised the felicitation ceremony where they honoured the “Flood Warriors” with a certificate of appreciation and a memento. They were recognised as the “Real Unseen Heroes” of the society. Some such individuals and organisations felicitated by Oollta Cab are: Rising Youth Society, Rupam, ABVP, Saksham, Udoyer Pothe, Thousand Sayantans, Keshab Smarak Sanskriti Surabhi, New Silchar Chhatra Yuba Sangstha, Fantastic Friends Group, Prochesta, way2barak, Joydeep Chakraborty, Subhir Dhar among others.

It needs mention here that on 29 July, 2018, a few friends came together and gave birth to “Oollta Cab” with the aim of providing jobs to the youths of Barak Valley. The objective of Oollta Cab was to offer safe rides to the people here at a cheap rate. They also strived to expand their service to other parts of the country. They also started an online food delivery chain named, “Bhukkad” in 2021. But just then, the country went in the grip of Covid-19. As a result, like others, our business too suffered a lot. However, soon they overcome the difficulties and came back to form once again with both their “Oollta Cab” and “Bhukkad” services.

Expressing their views, one of the friends of the group said, “We know how difficult it was during the days of Covid-19 to survive our two ventures “Oollta Cab” & “Bhukkad”. We have, however, overcome that bad phase and come back again to serve the people by the grace of God. The recent floods was one of the greatest tragedies that Silchar faced. We could understand the troubles that the people faced. As such, we took up the task of felicitating all those who stood besides the waterlogged people during the recent devastating flood in Silchar. We hope that this will motivate them to take up social service in the future.”