The teams have been providing lunch and
dinner in various slums and localities spread across the city
Kolkata: Over 100 days, four “Langar on
Wheels” have been moving beyond the walls of Gurdwaras around Kolkata and
outside providing cooked food to nearly 9,300 people daily. In this effort,
they have been able to feed over a million people since the lockdown came into
effect on March 25.
For those who have the provision to cook,
the teams have delivered ration to help them eat during the lockdown.
“Amidst the fight against coronavirus, sharing and caring is the need of the
hour. Since the outbreak of the virus we have been on the streets first feeding
people with a pledge that no soul shall sleep hungry in Kolkata during such
extraordinary situation”, said Satnam Singh Ahluwalia, general secretary of
Behala Gurdwara and chairman of IHA Foundation. Sources said special kitchens
were set up to cook food with all safety precautions.
The team even delivered ration to NGO and
shelters, who were running out of supplies in the city
Volunteers reached out to people with food and other essentials like tarpaulins, medicines and dry ration in Sunderbans, Diamond Harbour, Nagendra Bazar, Indira Pally, Khalpar, Adaldarpara, Kapathat, Bishnupur, Howrah, Bakhrahat and other places in South 24 Parganas.
The effort also caught the attention of
Kolkata Municipal Corporation. KMC chairperson Board of Administrators (BoA)
Firhad Hakim has appreciated the efforts of Behala Gurudwara for their relief
work.
Dr.Gurdep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nank Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi
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