kolkata cut off from his sport due to the covid19 pandemic indian archer rahul banerjee has busied himself with relief work for victims of cyclone amphan travelling to the affected areas with friendsif the pandemic was not enough west bengal was ravaged by the fiercest cyclone to have hit the state in 100 years on may 20moved by the plight of those affected by the natural calamity the former commonwealth games gold medallist decided to do his bitas our car went into a village kultuli people started running after our car they were so desperate for relief materials we had about 200 packets and 150 tarpaulin but the demand was much higher banerjee told pti in an interactionhe called up a couple of his friends and they set out on their own in a car loaded with tarpaulin food packets and sanitary napkins they headed straight to the affected areas in south 24 parganas on may 25 morningall the farmlands had turned into large lakes there was water everywhere and roofs of all the houses were damaged we felt so helpless and devastated we felt this was not enoughbanerjee along with his friends niloy das a tattoo artist and priyam middey a dance teacher returned with a resolve to give more and engage more people from their respective fraternitiesthey made their next trip to sandeshkhali and then to sunderban and the picture was the same everywhereeverything has been washed or blown away i had to park my car far away and the civic police escorted us to the locals and when they spotted us it was like they had struck gold so eager to grab a few packets of basic necessitiesthe smiles on their faces when they thanked us were worth the effort he addedsince then banerjee and his friends relief work has grown and they have already made four trips in a mini van loaded with food packets and tarpaulinswe are also now helped by an ngo and many of our friends have started chipping in with funds dry foods tarpaulins old clothes etc banerjee who visited bakkhali on sunday saidthey have taken all measures to distribute the items wearing protective gears to combat the spread of the pandemic but banerjee fears a spike in cases as the amphanaffected people are running around for help without maintaining social distancingall they want is relief material as they do not have food and shelter and they care least about covid19no one was wearing a mask and everywhere there were scores of people waiting for help such has been the devastation he concluded