Sarbat Da Bhalla Trust reaches out to Sikligar Sikhs

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 7

A leading businessman of Dubai and founder of Sarbat Da Bhalla Charitable Trust, Dr SP Singh Oberoi has been sending ration to the Sikligar Sikhs in Madhya Pradesh, who are going through dire straits. Now, the trust has also repaired their dilapidated houses.

Sharing information in this regard, Dr Oberoi said Rahul Singh, a leader of the Sikligar Sikhs living in a village in Burhanpur district of Madhya Pradesh, had contacted him and told him that many people in his area were already going through economic recession. The families of all Sikligar Sikhs have been taken aback by the Covid, even though they are not getting two meals a day. In view of this, Sarbat Da Bhala Charitable Trust had sent dry ration to 150 families for the month of May. He said after receiving rations, when he came across the videos and photos, he came to know that the houses of Sikligar Sikhs were in a dilapidated condition.

When he spoke to Rahul Singh about this, he said the houses of seven families living here do not even have roofs. Seeing this, the trust immediately sent 100 iron sheets, repaired the houses and installed roofs so that no problem would arise in the coming rainy days.

Dr Oberoi said the Sikligar community had done a lot for their gurus and they still lived with Sikh tradition. “The trust will never allow this community to lose anything,” he added.