Distribution of 20,000 food packets set to start in Ludhiana
Ludhiana, March 28, 2020:To help the people hailing from weaker sections of society, around 20,000 food packets containing dry ration would be distributed amongst such persons from tomorrow onwards.
He informed that the Municipal Corporation and SDMs have been asked to identify such areas and start the distribution of dry ration from tomorrow onwards.
Deputy Commissioner Pardeep Agrawal said this while chairing a meeting to review the COVID 19 situation in the city, at Bachat Bhawan, here today.
He informed that the District Administration, with the help of several NGOs, social and religious organisations is already distributing dry ration as well as cooked food in different parts of the district. He said that more than 44,000 packets of cooked food were distributed in the district yesterday alone and similar number of packets would be distributed in the coming days as well.
He also asked the Municipal Corporation Commissioner Mrs Kanwal Preet Kaur Brar, who was also present in the meeting, to ensure that the night shelters are prepared where people in distress can be shifted till the lockdown. He also asked her to provide them food and other basic necessities there.
Essential commodities are being provided to all needy persons by the District Administration and Rs 20 lakh each have already been transferred to the bank accounts of all SDMs, he added.