Friday, August 21, 2020

Indian High Commission Felicitates Supreme Sikh Society For Services During Lockdown in New Zealand


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AUCKLAND (Sachin Sharma): The Indian High Commission in New Zealand has felicitated Supreme Sikh Society for its exceptional community services during the alert level – 4 lockdown to stop spread of COVID – 19 here. In addition to this, Northern Region Health Coordination Centre has also acknowledged the Society’s services by sending a certification in this regard.

Society’s president Ranvir Singh Lali said that Indian High Commission bestowed the Certificate of Appreciation upon society in a function held at Wellington last week on occasion of India’s Independence Day on August 15. Society’s representative Gurnam Singh received the certificate on its behalf. Society was the first among the Indian community to take initiative and started distributing food bags among the needy people during the lockdown

As a result of this, Ggurwara Sri Kalgidhar Sahib in Takanini was the first intuition of Asian people to get certificate of Institutions Providing Essential Services by the New Zealand government. Society’s spokesperson Daljit Singh said that with the cooperation of whole community, 1500 foo bags were distributed among the needy people as second phase of Free Food campaign was started by Society at Takanini gurdwara on Wednesday

Society will distribute free food bags Wednesday and Sunday every week during the lockdown. As many as 170 police personnel on duty at check posts were given food bags on Thursday while Society will also provide food bags to needy people in Otara community and other people. It is worth mentioning that Indian High Commission has given Certificate of Appreciation to nine organisations of Indian people for their services during the alert level – 4 lockdown.

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Dr. Gurdeep Kaur
Associate Professor
Sri Guru Nanak Dev Khalsa College
University of Delhi


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