1,000 food packets for the needy

Fatehgarh Sahib: The Ashoka Educational Trust and Management Society, Sirhind, in association with the Bharat Vikas Parishad, is distributing approximately 1,000 packets of food among the needy on their doorsteps. Fatehgarh Sahib MLA Kuljit Singh Nagra, along with volunteers, distributed packets among the needy on Tuesday. Subhash Sood president of the trust, said langar would be served till the situation eases out. Amrit Kaur Gill, Deputy Commissioner, SSP Amneet Kondal and SDM Sanjeev Kumar lauded the efforts of the trust. OC

Social organisation comes to the rescue

Chandigarh: Jai Guru Dev, a social organisation, has been providing around 500 needy persons with food every day across the city. Hari Shankar Mishra, chairman of the organisation, said they had given food to nearly 7,500 persons in the past 15 days. Every morning, they start preparing food at the Jai Guru Dev Bhawan at Deep Complex in Hallo Majra so that no one goes hungry in the city during the curfew. He said they were distributing different menu every day. TNS

Welfare foundation

Mohali: Members of the Fateh Welfare Foundation, Mohali, distributed ration among the families in various villages, including Sante Majra, Khuni Majra and Badali. Foundation president BS Mann said they had distributed pulses, sugar, tea, mustard oil and sugar among 250 needy families of the villages. “Along with this, we are also distributing food and ration among the poor from our office in Sector 115 on the Kharar-Landran road,” said BS Mann. The foundation also conducted the weddings of three girls of Sante Majra village at the village gurdwara in March this year. TNS

ISAgives 2,500 food packets to poor

Chandigarh: The Independent School Association (ISA) led by Chairman HS Mamik has taken over the responsibility of ensuring supply of food packets to over 1,000 needy people twice daily by opening a community kitchen at member school for the purpose.

Over 2,500 food packets are being distributed in the tricity, said Mamik. The community kitchen facility at New Public School, Sector 18, had been made operational in collaboration with the UT Food and Supply Department, he said

He urged everyone to diligently adhere to all health protocols, including social distancing and not shaking hands.

Lending a helping hand to the needy

Chandigarh: ISKCON temple has been providing cooked food to 1,500 needy persons every day since April 2.

More than 20,000 plates have been supplied to the needy through the Food Corporation of India (FCI) in Burail, Sector 25, and other areas till now. “We start preparing food around noon and meals are ready by 3 pm. The food is first offered to Lord Krishna,” Amrit Chaitanya Das from the temple said.

The food is collected by the FCI around 4 pm and distributed at different places as per the need around the city.

Railways distributes ration among coolies

Chandigarh: Continuing its efforts to serve the needy and distressed during the lockdown due to the Covid-19 outbreak, a total of 128 coolies from Saharanpur, Yamunanagar, Jagadhari, Ambala and Bathinda were given ration by the Northern Railway Women’s Welfare Organisation (NRWWO), Ambala Division.

Each coolie (Rail Sahayak) was provided with 10-kg atta, 5-kg rice,1-kg edible oil, 1-kg sugar, 250-gm tea and 2-kg dal. The ration was distributed at the Ambala, Yamunanagar, Jagadhari, Saharanpur and Bathinda stations by commercial inspectors and supervisors, assisted by the RPF staff of the Ambala Division.

While distributing ration, proper hygiene and protocol of social distancing was followed.