Reliance family announces ten-point flood relief plan for Punjab

As Punjab reels under the impact of its worst flood in decades, Reliance Foundation, has partnered with Reliance Retail, Jio and Vantara, to roll out a comprehensive ten-point humanitarian and relief programme to assist people and communities worst hit by this devastation. The Foundation is working together with the state administration, district authorities and local panchayats, to extend mmediate aid to over 10,000 families in Amritsar, Sultanpur Lodhi and adjoining areas.

Announcing the initiative, Anant Ambani, Director, Reliance Industries Limited, reiterated the foundation and Reliance group’s solidarity with Punjab during this crisis.

“Our heart goes out to the people of Punjab in this hour of suffering. Families have lost homes, livelihoods, and a sense of security. The entire Reliance family stands with each one of them. We are supporting them with food supplies, drinking water, shelter kits, and medical care for both people and animals. This ten-point plan is reflective of our core value of Care. We are committed to walking alongside Punjab in this difficult time,” he said.
This comprehensive support plan includes are a wide range of emergency needs:

• Nutrition support: Basic essentials like dry ration kits are being provided to 10,000 flood-affected households to help families meet daily food requirements.

• Voucher assistance: 1,000 vulnerable families, especially those led by single women and the elderly, are being supported with cash vouchers worth ₹5,000 each.

• Community kitchens: Our supplies are powering community kitchens that are serving fresh, cooked meals to displaced residents.

• Safe drinking water: Portable water filters have been set up in inundated villages to provide potable drinking water, to curb contamination and reduce the spread of waterborne diseases.

• Emergency shelters: Shelter kits with tarpaulins, mosquito nets, bedding, ropes and groundsheets are reaching families forced to evacuate their homes

• Public health management: Disinfection of water sources and awareness drives are underway to check the spread of flood-related illnesses.
• Sanitation kits: Every impacted family is receiving hygiene kits stocked with basic supplies to maintain hygiene and prevent disease.

• Livestock care: Veterinary teams are administering vaccines and medication to the livestock, while 3,000 silage bundles are being supplied to feed over to 5,000 cattle.

• Animal rescue and management: Vantara specialists are engaged in rescuing and treating displaced animals, and are also supporting safe disposal of deceased livestock to mitigate health risks.

• Connectivity restoration: Jio teams have worked with emergency agencies to restore network services, ensuring uninterrupted communication in affected zones.
  

Reliance Retail has further supplemented the relief mission by dispatching customised ration and hygiene kits, each containing 21 essential items, that have been distributed through village panchayats to the most vulnerable families.

The Reliance Foundation noted that the initiative extends beyond immediate relief, with theirteams working tirelessly to stabilise communities, restore critical services and aid long-term recovery in collaboration with government bodies.