Chronological Detail of activities undertaken in Dec. 2007

2nd Dec. –Sunday -We put up a Book Stall at 27 Kholi Gurudwara, Bilaspur

9th Dec. –Sunday – We put up a Book Stall at Amarkantak (M.P.) which is 180 kilometers from Bilaspur. We have a place called “Kabir Chabutara” and it is said that Kabir ji met Guru Nanak Devji there. We made some bookings for Correspondence course 2 year, some daswandh members for monthly contribution & also we sold Sikhism literature too. (Photo Enclosed)

16th Dec. –Sunday We arranged an Inter Gurudwara dharmik competition. There were some 30 participants. The topics were a) Kavita & Shabad competition for kids of 3 to 12 years. B) Lecture competition for Children above 12 years. (Photo & press release enclosed)

20th Dec. –The Jagriti Yatra of “Guru Manyo Granth” arrived at Bilaspur. We went up to Simga-50 kms from Bilaspur and welcomed the Yatra under the Banner of Sikh Missionary College. We got 7000 nos.; literature locally printed with the support of Career Point and distributed it free of cost. We are enclosing 1 copy; please give us feedback if any improvement is required.

23rd Dec. – We arranged a “Free Health Checkup Camp” at Sargaon , a village around 23 kms from Bilaspur. We had arranged Eye Surgeon, Dental Surgeon and Blood Group checkup & Sickelcell checkup. We hope you must be knowing Sickelcell is a hereditary disease very prevalent in Chhattisgarh. In this disease, the diseased can be a carrier or patient. If a person is a carrier and he marries another carrier or patient, the offspring will not survive in 80% cases. So, we are helping people know if they are sickle cell patients or carriers, to they don’t marry another patient or carrier, and even if they have to, we have medicines suggested from the Doctor. In all we got 8-10 Sickelcell patients. Eye patients entry was 208, dental-50 & blood checkup 148.

28th to 31st Dec. – Followed by the above “Free Health Checkup Camp” free eye operation was conducted on 29th & 30th Dec. 2007. The patients arrived in 2 batches of 30 each on 28th & 29th. The patients of 28th were operated on 29th & the patients of 29th were operated on 30th. The place for the patients to reside was provided by Gurudwara Committee, Gondpara. It was there baraat Ghar. They served free fruits for the patients. In addition, another guru pyare Shri Sawanni provided the mattresses, bed sheets & blankets for the patients free of cost. He runs a kiraya bhandar. The whole show was successful by Waheguru’s grace. In all 33 patients were successfully operated. And all of them were sent back to their villages on 31st Dec. 2007.


In addition to above the zonal Sewadarji, S. Gurucharan Singh ji visited the 3 localities where Sikligar & Banjare families stay. We have prepared a comprehensive list of theirs and further we are applying for BPL (Below Poverty Line) cards for them. Followed by that we will help them getting all facilities from the Govt. for which they are eligible. We also have S. Shamsher Singh, who has retired from SECL, very qualified & hard working, he is the 3rd pillar to the Bilaspur circle, and he is working very hard to establish the Bilaspur Circle.

Chronological Detail of activities undertaken in Jan. 2008

5th Jan –Saturday – S. Gurucharan Singh put up a Book Stall at Guru Nanak School Ground, under Gurudwara Guru Singh Sabha, Dayal Band, and Bilaspur. The same day S. Shamsher Singh & S. Jasbir Singh worked along the Sikligars, and took them to a Health Checkup Camp in their area, arranged by Shri Anil Tah, Ex BDA Chairman in remembrance of his wife.

6th Jan. –Sunday – S. Gurucharan Singh put up a Book Stall at , Gurudwara Guru Singh Sabha, Raigarh , 100 kms approx. from Bilaspur.

13th Jan. – Sunday - We put up a Book Stall at Guru Tegh Bahadur School Ground, under Gurudwara Kalgidhar, 27 Kholi, and Bilaspur. Also, we had called for a meeting of the Sikligars staying at 3 different locations. They are total 78 people and around 10-15 turned up. – (Photo enclosed)

20th Jan. – Sunday -All the week from 13th to 20th we collected old/ new clothes from the Sikh Sangat , to be distributed to Sikligars in 2 locations called Chingrajpara(28 members) & Mannadol ( 16 members) .We packed all the clothes in new packets after washing & ironing them. We had already segregated the clothes according to age and then, after packing in new packets, we put name tags on each of them. Also we got new dastaars stitched for the children and pagdis for the elders. Shoes & woolen clothes were also distributed as per availability.

27th Jan. – Sunday - We had called for a monthly meeting of all the members, only a few turned up, but the Gurudwara committee members also joined us. We called for a separate monthly contribution from each for the Sikligar project. We propose to buy them household items starting from nail cutter to mattresses etc. We will be sending detailed expenses to you every month.

In addition to above S. Shamsher Singh attended the “Jansamasya Niwaran Shivir” on 25th Jan. 08 at Chingrajpara, one of the locations where Sikligars stay. He gave a written complaint regarding Water, Electricity, and Missing Ration Cards etc. to the Corporator (Paarshad) of the area. He has promised to help us. Also we have seen, that S. Gurvinder Singh, 12 years old who had left studies after studying Class I, appears for the Class 5th exams this year, as a private student. If he is able to clear the exams, next year he will be sitting in Class 6th and we will arrange for tuitions so that he can cope up with the other students of his class. The other children who are already going to Govt. schools will be shifted to Guru Nanak School & Guru Tegh Bahadur School depending on the areas, from next year.
Also, one girl is getting married this May 2008; we are working on the local level to make the marriage expenses to be met conveniently. We are doing our best to work on the Sikligar project and bringing them up in life. They are living in slums and temporary shades, with no proper sanitation and cleanliness. Our project in the coming months would be to get them permanent houses from the government. At present , since last 2 Sundays i.e. 27th Jan & 3rd Feb. 08 we have arranged for a Van to pick them up and drop them back, so they start coming to the Gurudwara regularly , once they are attached to Sikhism & Sangat again we are hoping for better results in the coming times.

Your guidance is always sought for; please write what else can be done.