When Jaipur The Pink City turned Red....

Jaipur: Terror striked in Jaipur on 13th of May 2008 as 9 serial blasts rocked the pink city leaving over 70 dead and putting unforgettable scars on the people’s memories that were directly affected. The blasts rocked the city in the busiest hour and in the busiest places with killing accuracy. The toll is going on increasing with the last one being 80 killed and 250 injured.

The first blast took place at 7:20pm on Tuesday in the bustling Johari bazaar and within 20 minutes 7 more blasts rocked the city in places like the Hanuman Mandir, Hawa Mahal, Badi chaupad, Tripolia Bazaar and chandpole.

The city was in chaos as people screamed and ran helter skelter , running , jumping over kids and injured. The siren of ambulance was every where in the city instead of the hustling bustling people that are usually the part of the Jaipur streets. The streets which are normally full with natives and tourists alike went deserted.
A bigger attack was averted as the police defused three bombs of same nature....

JPRT 171: By Grace of god we all are safe and well...

Its was a date with tragedy but Jaipur and its people have come together hand in hands to fight it...

Removing all fear and doubts we all reached at the Hospital at 9pm to see how and where we could be of help.....
13 May, the dreadful night after the blast ,1200+ units of blood was needed urgently at the SMS Hospital (where 250+ Injured were admitted) , it was the a night of calling.....
Tarun , Alok, Ashish, Anant, Ritika and I started calling and Smsing to all known ones , in less than 1 hr a large number Jaipur people came forward to donate Blood in middle of the night.
By mid night the staff at SMS asked us to arrange the blood of Only of under 40 age group so they are able get potent and usable blood.
Next Morning we organized a Blood Donation Camp only for O-ve and B-ve Bood group at Monelak Hospital, and we were on alert if any other hospital needed blood. By late afternoon we were able to collect 300+ extra units of blood from our friends and family....plus had 4000+ people listed, Ready in line to donate if required....

We visited the SMS hospital later in the day, Even in this mayhem the Patient & attendants were calm and helpful. A lot of volunteer's donated fruits , eatables, clothes and if necessary arranging and few even sponsoring operation cost if necessary .....

Another Organisation JPRT works with is AKSHEY-PATRA, a lot of our member do volunteer work aswell as donate funds to this noble organisation. More than 1800 children of Various Jaipur Roundtable schools are provided Daily MID-Day meals at school by this them.

Starting from 13th night,They were quick to set up 2 emergency Canteen at the hospital, they open at 6am and operate till 11pm. 8000-10000 FREE Meals per day are being offered to Patients/ Attendants/ Volunteers and even general public.

Terror can hurt us but can never scare us or bend us.....We will survive and go on....

We salute the spirit of Jaipur and its citizens

We were all overwhelmed by the numerous phone calls , email's we all have received from well wishers , friends, family and the Table fraternity,

We Thank you once again for the concern,

Yit,

Manish R Kasliwal