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But in 2013, on the way to Gurdwara Hemkund Sahib, a Sikh pilgrimage site in the northern state of Uttarakhand, his family was stranded after a massive cloudburst. Over 5,000 people lost their lives in the floods that followed.
The family made it out alive, but the incident left an indelible mark on their lives.
In the years that followed, the foundation has worked across states in India and internationally, even providing humanitarian aid to the Philippines in the aftermath of the Taal volcano eruption last year.
India s unprecedented oxygen crisis
When the second COVID wave hit India hard in April, the health care infrastructure buckled under the weight of a massive coronavirus caseload. At its peak, India reported over 400,000 new infections and 4,000 fatalities a day, overwhelming hospitals and crematoriums. Experts believe the real numbers are far higher.
Amid a severe humanitarian crisis during the second COVID-19 wave in India, especially in the capital New Delhi, the Delhi Gurdwara Management Committee led the fight.