THE HUMANITY	
Ph 91-6658-22670 AT - LINEPARA, P0 - PATNAGARH,
DIST - BOLANGIR, ORISSA, INDIA, PIN - 767025
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To
Mr. Priyadarshan Patra.
Chairman
SEEDS
U.S.A.

Dear Priyadarshan bhai

Greetings from “The Humanity”

Hope you might be fine there.
Recently, on 23.09.02, we finished the inauguration of Check-dam located at Chauldia. Mr. Biradhi Ch. Jam, President, Zilla Parishad, Bolangir inaugurated it. BDO, Khaprakhol Block, Chairman, Vice-chairman of the Block were present in the meeting. I am enclosing some photographs about the programme. As the drought situation looms large and going to be acute in future, the pump set provided by us helps a lot to irrigate the land of the farmers. The check-dam has stored 6ft of water which is being used for irrigation purposes. Till now, around 25 acres of land has been irrigated through Pump-set. The paddy crop has been saved. It is perceived that Rabi crop can not be possible due to acute shortage of water in the village.
Our Chairman Pro. Kumar Bal Das was telling us about your meeting with him at Washington and your proposed visit to Orissa in the month of November. Please give us prior intimation and make sure that you will pay visit to the project area and share few moments with us.
On 20.10.02 We are going to organise public hearing on implementation of food security schemes in Bolangir district. Due to frequent occurreuce of drought and failure of anti-poverty programmes undertaken by Govt., the child sale, migration, starvation death has become order of the day. The objective of organislug public hearing is to know the implementation of Govt. social security schemes from peoples’ perspective and to invite the suggestion from the people how to implement it making it reach out at the doorstep of the people. Prof. John Dreze , friend of Noble Laureate Dr. Amartya Sen will co-ordinate the meeting.
In the meantime, you might have got break-up of project proposal. Please do the needful at your end for the drought-affected people of Bolangir district.

Thanking you
Yours sincerely
	Pradip Pradhan