Archive · 6 Oct 2026
Panvel Group Sends Diwali Snacks and Cards to Border Soldiers
A group in Panvel is preparing Diwali treats for soldiers serving near India’s borders.
The group is called Bharat Vikas Parishad.
It has run this effort for seven years.
This year, it hopes to send 18,000 kilograms of snacks.
It also plans to send about 10,000 greeting cards from across Maharashtra.
Volunteers have already packed around 5,000 boxes.
The packages will travel by road.
The group says the gifts are meant to help soldiers feel remembered and appreciated while away from home.
The Panvel chapter of Bharat Vikas Parishad is organizing its seventh annual Diwali drive for armed forces personnel at the borders.
This year, the group aims to send 18,000 kilograms of snacks and around 10,000 greeting cards.
Volunteers have packed around 5,000 boxes so far at a hall in Panvel.
The previous year’s drive sent 15,000 snack boxes; the current target is stated in kilograms.
Packages are being sent by road, with transport arrangements made through Transport Corporation of India.
- Who
- The Panvel chapter of Bharat Vikas Parishad, with volunteers and residents contributing.
- What
- A Diwali drive to send 18,000 kilograms of snacks and around 10,000 greeting cards to armed forces personnel.
- When
- This year, as part of the group’s seventh year of the initiative.
- Where
- The snacks are being prepared in Panvel for delivery to personnel stationed in border areas; greeting cards are collected from across Maharashtra.
- Why
- To share residents’ affection, gratitude and appreciation and help soldiers feel less far from home.
- Organizing group
- Panvel chapter of Bharat Vikas Parishad
- Years running
- Seven years
- Snack target
- 18,000 kilograms this year
- Greeting-card target
- Around 10,000
- Boxes packed so far
- Around 5,000
- Previous year’s shipment
- 15,000 snack boxes
- Transport
- Packages are being dispatched by road through Transport Corporation of India