Selfless Sikhs Serve 1,325 Free Meals to Starving Housing Commission Residents Who Were Forced Into Total Lockdown in Melbourne

 Selfless Sikh volunteers have served more than 1,300 free meals to housing commission residents 

Sikh volunteers have served 1,325 free meals overnight to housing commission residents who were suddenly forced into coronavirus lockdown in Melbourne.

The hard lockdown was imposed by Victorian Government on Saturday in a bid to contain an outbreak after 27 people in the towers tested positive to coronavirus.

 The group drove their specialised 'free food' vans to the neighbouring suburbs on Sunday night and left the meals outside on tables

More than 3000 tenants were unprepared for the sudden lockdown and many had been left without groceries and other supplies.  

The group drove their specialised 'free food' vans to the neighbouring suburbs on Sunday night and left the meals outside on tables

Sikh Volunteers Australia on Sunday drove to the public housing blocks in Kensington and Flemington, in the inner northwest, to deliver free meals to desperate residents.

'With the help and coordination of Victorian Department of Health and Human Services and Victoria Police today we were able to served 1325 meals,' the group wrote on Facebook.

'Thank you everyone for your kind support.'

Sikh Volunteers Australia on Sunday provided 1,325 free meals to residents at public housing blocks in Kensington and Flemington, in the inner city

Volunteers didn't come into contact with any residents in order to prevent potential spread of coronavirus beyond the towers.

'We are not making any direct contact with anyone. We leave food on the table, people come there one by one and take food from there,' an organiser said.  

Premier Andrews ordered the closure of the nine public housing towers from 4pm on Saturday amid fears the virus is spreading rapidly within their walls.

The 'hard lockdown' will see 3,000 people in towers across Flemington, Kensington and North Melbourne forced to stay inside - with armed police on every floor of every block ensuring they do not leave for any reason over the next five days.

A 'total' or 'hard' lockdown where residents are completely confined to their homes is a first for Australia during the pandemic

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