Kifayat Rizvi Chairs Review Meeting of District Red Cross Units of Kashmir Division

Srinagar, September 24: To review the functioning of District Red Cross Committees of Kashmir Division, a meeting of Chairman of District Red Cross Committees was held today on 24-09-2020 at Indian Red Cross Society, Headquarters, Red Cross Road, Srinagar. The meeting was chaired by Mr.Kifayat H. Rizvi (IAS Retd.), Honorary General Secretary, IRCS-J&K UT Branch Additional Deputy Commissioners of All Districts represented chairmen in the meeting.

At the outset, Honorary General Secretary praised and commended the district committees of IRCS for their excellent relief work during the pandemic COVID-19. Distribution of masks, sanitizers, soaps ,food kits, bed sheets and other material to the Covid Centre’s has been hallmark of the relief works. The Distrit Committees in addition to relief out their own resources, distributed 44870 pcs of 3-ply masks,9700 pcs of Cloth Masks, 11756 pairs of hand gloves, 29000pcs of soaps and 240 PPE Kits to general public sent by ICRS, J&K UT Headquarter. The Honorary General Secretary after commending the job done, impressed segment of Society but to enhance its reach and coverage in every District Committees more vibrant by way of consulting District Executive Committee with full membership and participation of Civil Society.

It was felt in the meeting that though District Red Cross Committees are doing commendable job in relief front but have ignored other aspects of Red Cross Movement. Junior & Youth Red Cross, to which great importance is attached countrywide is being ignored at District and Regional Level in J&K. Hence, District Committees were asked to prioritize Junior & Youth Red Cross. so that youth and students fully participate in the Socio-Economic activities at District & Regional Level. Likewise districts were asked to District Committees were asked to interact with Civil Society and Involve them in Red Cross activities.

The meeting was attend by Honorary Treasure, ICRC-J&K, Shri G.AQureshi Honorary Secretary, IRCS-Kashmir Division, Shri M.Y Zargar ADV Budgam Dr. Nasir Ahmad, ADC Srinagar Dr. Syed Haneef Balkhi, ADC Shopian, Dr. Abdul Aziz Sheikh, ADC Pulwama, Shri Altaf Ahmad Khan, ADC Anatnag, Shri Ghulam Hassan Sheikh, ADC Ganderbal Shri. Farooq Ahmad, ADDC Kulgam Shri R.A Sofi and other officers of IRCS-J&K, Srinagar were present in the meeting.