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{{Short description|Organization providing Emergency services}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2023}}
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'''Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal''' is a non-governmental organisation based in Delhi, India. The organisation, named after [[List of Indian independence activists|Indian freedom fighter]] martyr [[Bhagat Singh]] works towards access and availability of emergency services. It is led by former MLA Jitender Singh Shunty. The organisation used to help with cremation of unclaimed bodies before COVID-19; however, after the start of the pandemic, it recorded a great increase in number of calls.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|date=12 October 2020|first1=Nayanika|last=Sengupta|title=Delhi NGO gives dignity to 100s of Covid dead, loses ambulance driver to virus|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/delhi-ngo-sbssd-ambulance-driver-succumbs-covid19-coronavirus-1730589-2020-10-11|access-date=2021-05-27|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref> The organisation started mobile fronts to keep bodies safe overnight by storing them in refrigerators in ambulances so that the bodies could be cremated next day.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-12|title=Shaheed Bhagat Singh Seva Dal helping families cremate COVID patients|url=https://news.abplive.com/videos/news/shaheed-bhagat-singh-seva-dal-helping-families-cremate-covid-patients-1452803|access-date=2021-05-27|website=news.abplive.com|language=en}}</ref>

The organisation also arranged [[Langar (Sikhism)|langar]] for workers of quarantine facilities, and for blood donation camps and free blood to those who needed it.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-10|title=Saluting Corona Warriors: Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal Ensures Dignity In Death {{!}} Coronavirus Warriors|url=https://swachhindia.ndtv.com/saluting-corona-warriors-shaheed-bhagat-singh-sewa-dal-ensures-dignity-in-death-46799/|access-date=2021-05-27|website=NDTV-Dettol Banega Swasth Swachh India|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> As of May 2021, it had 8 drivers and 18 vehicles that included carriages and ambulances operated with the help of a team consisting of 22 people.<ref>{{Cite web|date=|first=Joydeep|last=Sen Gupta in New|title=Covid-19 in India: Good Samaritan gives dignified farewell to discarded victims|url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/coronavirus-pandemic/covid-19-in-india-good-samaritan-gives-dignified-farewell-to-discarded-victims|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Khaleej Times|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=दिल्लीः कोरोना से मरने वालों लोगों के परिजनों की ऐसे मदद कर रहा शहीद भगत सिंह सेवा दल|url=https://www.amarujala.com/delhi-ncr/shaheed-bhagat-singh-sewa-dal-helping-family-of-whom-deceased-from-covid-perform-last-rites|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref>

In the past, the organisation has been involved in several other activities. It had filed an FIR{{clarify|What is an FIR?|date=August 2021}} against Nasiruddin Shah for alleged anti-national remarks.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2018-12-26|title=Shaheed Bhagat Singh Sewa Dal filed complaint against Actor Naseeruddin Shah|url=https://punjabpost.in/welcome/137021|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Punjab Post|language=en-US}}</ref> The members of the organisation also protested in front of Pakistan High Commission, appealing to the [[Government of Pakistan|Pakistan Government]] to put a stop to atrocities on Sikhs and other minorities in Pakistan.<ref>{{Cite web|title=अंतरराष्ट्रीय मानवाधिकार दिवस पर पाकिस्तान के खिलाफ प्रदर्शन, पाक उच्चायोग को सौंपा ज्ञापन|url=https://www.amarujala.com/delhi-ncr/shaheed-bhagat-singh-sewa-dal-protest-against-pakistan-on-international-human-rights-day|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Amar Ujala|language=hi}}</ref> and did a lecture on the ideology of Bhagat Singh on the 108th anniversary of his birth in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-09-27|title=On eve of 108th birth anniv, lecture on Bhagat Singh's ideology held|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/lecture-on-bhagat-singh-s-ideology/story-zl6FG8TcYbZh9ovFJyLPFI.html|access-date=2021-05-27|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Organisations based in Delhi]]
[[Category:Non-profit organisations based in India]]
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