Archive · 13 Sep 2026
Two Sisters Donate Savings to Flood-Hit Ancestral Village
Two sisters named Asmita and Ahana live and study in Calcutta.
Their family comes from Kahala village in Malda.
Flooding has badly affected people in that area.
The girls learned about the floods from news reports.
They gave all the money they had saved, totaling ₹25,375.
Their father used the money to buy relief supplies.
The sisters have helped flood victims with their savings before.
They now want to visit Malda and help people themselves.
Asmita Misra, 14, and Ahana Misra, 10, donated their entire savings of ₹25,375 for flood relief.
The sisters saved money from tiffin allowances and gifts in wooden savings boxes.
Their ancestral village, Kahala in Malda’s Ratua 1 block, is among areas affected by flooding.
Their father, Abhishek Misra, used the money to purchase relief materials.
The sisters previously donated savings to help waterlogged residents of Ratua in 2019.
- Who
- School students Asmita Misra, 14, and Ahana Misra, 10.
- What
- They donated ₹25,375 in savings for flood relief.
- When
- The donation followed reports of the current flooding; they had also donated in 2019.
- Where
- Flood-affected areas in Malda, including Kahala village in Ratua 1 block and the Bhutni islet in Manikchak.
- Why
- They were moved by reports of the devastation affecting people in their ancestral area.
- Donors
- Asmita Misra and Ahana Misra
- Ages
- 14 and 10
- Donation
- ₹25,375
- Source of savings
- Tiffin money and gifts from relatives and elders
- Ancestral village
- Kahala, Ratua 1 block, Malda
- People affected
- Nearly 50,000 people in Ratua 1 block
- Relief use
- Their father purchased relief materials with the money