Temple of Venugopalaswamy at Surapura, yadgir Dist.

LOOK AT HER EYES. YOU SEE ONE EYE GONE BLIND AND ANOTHER HAS SEVERE CATARACT. ADD TO THIS CONDITION POVERTY AND INACCESSIBLE MEDICAL FACILITY. HAD SHE GOT RIGHT MEDICAL TREATMENT AT THE RIGHT TIME SHE WOULD HAVE PROBABLY LED A NORMAL LIFE AND BE PRODUCTIVE TO SOCIETY LIKE ANY NORMAL PERSON. .NOW SHE HAS TO LEAN ON SOME ONE FOR SUPPORT. MULTIPLY THIS HUNDRED OR THOUSAND TIMES. YOU GET A PICTURE OF THE SITUATION PREVAILING IN OUR COUNTRY. IN THE HINERLAND OF KARNATAKA ESPECIALLY IN THE NORTHERN PARTS WHICH IS RELATIVELY UNDERDEVELOPED A DISMAL PICTURE PREVAILS WHERE NOT MANY NGOS VENTURE OUT TO HELP THESE UNFORTUNATE SOULS. SRI VIVEKANANDA SEVASHRAMA HAS TAKEN A LEAD BY CONDUCTING MANY CATARACT SURGERY CAMPS IN THESE AREAS DESPITE MANY ODDS INEVITABLE IN VENTURES LIKE THIS