Guest guest Posted April 8, 2009 Report Share Posted April 8, 2009 On the Most Sacred Day of Sri Ramanavami in the Divine Presence of Bhagawan in Kulwanth Hall, Sri R. Kondal Rao, a Former Chief Engineer in the Panchayat department of Andhra Pradesh and also associated with all the water projects, began his speech expressing his gratitude to Swami on being giving the opportunity to speak on the holy occasion of Sri Rama Navami. He gave the reasons for the floods. About 15 lakh cusecs flowed from the river Mahanadi due to the torrential rains whereas its capacity was only 10 lakh cusecs. As a result, the river breached its barriers and entered human habitations. More than 50,000 houses were washed away by the floods. Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation, Orissa quickly swung into action by providing cooked food and medical relief to affected people. They had to travel even in boats to inaccessible places. When Bhagawan saw the photographs of large scale destruction of houses, He immediately wanted concrete houses to be constructed for the victims. A team comprising Sri V. Srinivasan, Sri A. Ramakrishna and Sri R. Kondal Rao was sent by Bhagawan to assess the damage on 19th October 2008. It has been a long and eventful journey since then. Do read the fascinating and overwhelming story of this Orissa project at http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_07/01MAR09/03-coverstory.htm - Part I and http://media.radiosai.org/Journals/Vol_07/01MAR09/03-coverstory-2.htm - Part 2 Om Sai Ram Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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