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The Ashlar R Vol. XIX Issue II
Three brethren from Lodge Sahyadri No. 351 and Rs. 50,000/- were added by Organizing
have been recipients of R. W. Bro. Yograj Committee of Annual Investiture Meet 2019.
Guruwara Trophy. They are W, Bro. Dr. Vijay In the month of August 2019 southern
B. Tuljapurkar, W. Bro. Nikhil S. Uppin and Maharashtra was affected by heavy rains
Bro. Rajendra V. Shirgaonkar. which caused floods. Sangli is situated on the
Lodge Sahyadri No. 351 assists diverse banks of River Krishna and muddy waters of
groups of people in community or individuals the swollen river entered the city in a very
as the case may be through charity programs. short time. Streets turned into rivers and the
Some of these activities are listed below. gushing water submerged the ground floors of
Financial aid is provided to a widow’s son for shops and apartments. This situation
schooling from primary school to SSC level. remained for almost a week and caused
This is the 10th year of monetary help and the extensive damage to property and goods.
Lodge has paid him Rs. 6000/- for books and When flood subsided relief work was started.
other educational material. This is ongoing Brethren of Lodge Sahyadri decided to
project of the Lodge. participate in this activity and channeled their
Lodge Sahyadri has also initiated an ongoing aid through Jankalyan Samiti of Sangli, a
program of ‘Sahyadri Cycle Bank’ in Kanya voluntary organization that does a great deal
Mahavidyalaya, Miraj. The Lodge donated 20 of social work. W. M. Udhav Dalvi, Bro.
bicycles to the college which are to be given to Sandeep Sanglikar, Bro. Vinayak Patwardhan
the economically weak students who live in and Bro. Dr. Vivek Kulkarni took up various
the outskirts of the city and have difficulty in responsibilities and procured food items,
commuting from home to college and back. edible oil, sugar, drinking water etc. from Ugar
These students were selected by the college Sugar Works and handed over all this to the
authorities considering economic status of community kitchen of Samiti. W. Bro.
parents, distance from home to college and Chandrashekhar Marathe is a director of a
scholastic performance. The girls will use school in Miraj and he provided shelter to
bicycles during their academic year and about 350 flood affected people from nearby
deposit it back in college when summer villages.
vacation starts. The Lodge will do When floods receded the priorities were
maintenance of these bicycles during shifted to cleaning and spraying of
holidays. When college reopens in June the disinfectants. Bro. Randeep More and his
cycles will be reissued to them for next year. associates actively participated in the clean
When a student completes her graduation, up. Bro. Sandeep Sanglikar, Bro. Vinayak
she will hand over the bicycle to college and Patwardhan, Dr. Viraj Lokur and Dr. Vivek
this will be given to next deserving girl. Kulkarni collected medicines worth more than
AIM 2019 was held in Sangli on 16th and 17th Rs. 300,000/- from various sources. These
February 2019. During this meet a charity medicines included, inter alia, antibiotics,
program was organized at a school for medicinal creams, pain killers, de-worming
mentally handicapped children which is run by tabs, anti tetanus injections, dressing material
Navjeevan Vikas Sanstha, Sangli for more etc. Bro. Nikhil Uppin in his personal capacity
than three decades. M. W. Bro. Rajeev R. donated books and stationary worth Rs.
Khandelwal, M. W. G. M. of Grand Lodge of 60,000/- for students from a nearby who were
India and R. W. Bro. Mufazzal S. Federal, R. victims of deluge.
W. R. G. M. of Regional Grand Lodge of For last 2 / 3 years Lodge Sahyadri has been
Western India visited this school and handed organizing eye camps on rural areas and
over a cheque for the value of Rs. 1,00,000/- sponsoring cataract surgeries for needy
to the Director of the school. Lodge Sahyadri patients as a charity activity related to
had contributed Rs. 50,000/- as a charity Universal Brotherhood Day. About 60

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