Traditionally, the desert areas of Rajasthan receive little rainfall during the monsoons. However, in July 2010 Jhunjhunu, Nawalgarh and some other areas of Shekhawati region witnessed unusually heavy rainfall resulting in flash floods that inundated many villages leaving thousands of people homeless. They had lost all their belongings and had nowhere to go with no food, cloths, medicines or shelter. Sewajyoti immediately got into action and carried out relief operations in the area. Food and wheat was distributed among the flood victims apart from providing financial and other help they needed.

In the same year, some districts of Uttar Pradesh had witnessed devastating floods during August-September 2010 which left lakhs of people homeless. Bijnor district was one of the districts worst affected from the floods. Sewajyoti’s parent organization Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Limited was among the first to reach out to the flood victims with relief material and teams of doctors. Head of Sewajyoti, Sh. Gautam R Morarka, who is also the Chairman and Managing Director of Dwarikesh Sugar Industries Limited, was driven by the plight of the flood victims and directed his organization’s officials to carry out relief and rescue works on war footing.

Villages such as Prempuri, Subhash Nagar, Afzalpur, Hari, Jagannathpur, Jamanpur, Baghijot, Dharmapura, Mubarakpur, Dhanoti, Rangshahpur, Khijarpur, Ledarpur, Shahzadpur, Roshanpur, Harevali, Berkheda, Jatpura, Mahawatpur, Nyadari, Shergarh, Gavadi and Kuankheda were submerged in the flood waters. 

People had not only lost their homes but were falling sick as well under the unhygienic conditions. Two units of Dwarikesh group- Afzalgarh (Dwarikesh Puram) and Bundki (Dwarikesh Nagar) deployed a large number of officials and employees in the flood affected areas and distributed tents, food and other required material. A campaign to spray mosquito-repellents and insecticides was conducted in more than 100 villages and company doctors were put to the service of the affected people. Medicines were distributed free of cost among the sick. The relief works continued for many weeks until the situation was fully improved.