The Anti-Discrimination Student Movement continued its relief collection efforts for flood-affected communities on Sunday, marking the fourth consecutive day of their campaign.

Due to overwhelming donations, the venue for receiving relief goods was moved from Dhaka University’s TSC to the university’s Physical Education Centre (Gymnasium).

However, monetary donations and essential medicines are still being accepted at a booth located at the entrance of TSC.

On Saturday, the third day of the initiative, the flood of donations was so substantial that the TSC ran out of storage space by evening. Consequently, the decision was made to shift the collection point to the gymnasium, while TSC continues to handle cash and medicine contributions.

Lutfur Rahman, one of the coordinators of the movement, said, “Today (Sunday), only cash and essential medicines will be collected at TSC. The relief collection will take place at the Dhaka University Gymnasium.”

The collection efforts resumed in the morning and are expected to continue until 8pm, according to the organisers.

On Saturday, the campaign saw a significant surge in donations, with over Tk2.25 crore collected in cash at the TSC from 10am to 10pm, according to the organizer of the relief programme.

The total does not include smaller currency notes and coins, nor does it account for funds collected after 10pm, which will be tallied on Sunday.

Additionally, donations via checks, bank accounts, and mobile banking have yet to be included in the overall total.

The relief campaign has also engaged a large number of students in packaging efforts, with at least 40 truckloads of relief goods dispatched from the campus to the affected areas on Saturday.

Akram Hussain, a member of the movement’s liaison committee, said, around 3,000 students are volunteering in the relief collection and packaging activities on the Dhaka University campus.

Several hundred committees have been formed to coordinate relief efforts both on the ground in disaster-hit areas and at the district and upazila levels.