Date: 17 September 2025, Lucknow

On the occasion of Seva Pakhwada (Service Fortnight), the Indian Red Cross Society, Uttar Pradesh and its Lucknow branch, provided disaster response awareness to the general public. During the event, Manish Shukla, Shweta Singh Talwar, Rajneesh Sharma, and Sanjay Jaiswal shared detailed information about disaster management techniques and the use of related equipment.

Mr. Amarnath Mishra, Vice-Chairman of the Indian Red Cross Society, Uttar Pradesh, informed that under the Seva Pakhwada, a disaster management exhibition stall was set up at the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Convention Centre. Additionally, a blood donation camp was organized at Taluqedar Colvin College under the leadership of Rituraj Rastogi and Nafees.

A team of doctors and paramedical staff were present, along with Mohammad Haroon (In-charge, Blood Services, State Branch, Red Cross Society), who was present with the blood donation bus.

On this occasion, Treasurer of the Indian Red Cross Society, Mr. Naveen Gupta; Management Committee members Manish Shukla, Majeed Ali Khan, Sunil Shukla, Manoj Tiwari, Farooq Ali, Puneet Agrawal, Abdul Mueed, Gaurav Alok Agrawal, Gurpreet Singh Sethi, Rituraj Rastogi, Sumit Sahu, Jyoti Khare, Aishwarya, Nafees Ahmad; and headquarters staff members including Rajneesh Sharma, Shweta Singh Talwar, Sanjay Jaiswal, Saurabh Agnihotri, Muskan Chaurasia, Ajay Singh Rawat, Abdul Malik, Vishwanath and others were present.