In a heartwarming gesture, a contingent of 50 CRPF personnel donated blood to supplement the bank at the GTB Hospital in New Delhi and help those who were injured in the Delhi riots.
Of the 50, 34 have reportedly already donated blood and the remaining officers are on standby.
According to PTI, the?donation was made in order to supplement the blood bank of the GTB Hospital where fatal and non-fatal casualties of the Delhi riots were being admitted since Monday.?
At least 34 people have been killed and over 200 injured in the riots in northeast Delhi that began on Monday.
Meanwhile, over 1,300 personnel from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) such as the CRPF, BSF, CISF and ITBP donated blood at a mega blood donation drive organised by the AIIMS.
About 500 personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 400 from the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), 350 from the Border Security Force (BSF) and 100 from the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) force donated blood at the camp, a senior CAPF official said.
The chiefs of these forces -- CISF Director General Rajesh Ranjan, BSF chief V K Johri and ITBP DG S S Deswal -- led their personnel at the AIIMS blood donation drive, he said.?
Apart from this have come?together to step up donation camps for victims injured in the riots. From Whatsapp, Facebook and Twitter, Good Samaritans are using all channels to procure some of the most basic needs for people who have lost homes in the violence.?
From sanitary pads, diapers, soaps, dupattas, blankets, toothbrush you name it people are sending in Whatsapp forwards and tweeting out locations where you can drop these items for the victims.
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