New Delhi: Delhi government has set up more than 500 hunger relief centres to provide food and shelter amid the Covid-19 lockdown. To enable people to have easy access to free food, the Aam Aadmi party (AAP) also launched customised Google Maps with the locations of all the relief centres.
The party tweeted about government’s programme and asked the citizens to direct the needy people, who are bearing the brunt of lockdown.
Help anyone who is hungry and cannot buy food. Delhi Govt is providing free food to all the needy people.
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Updated map with 500+ #DelhiHungerReliefCentreshttps://t.co/2OKT49DSRV
Lunch : 12-3 PM everyday
Dinner: 6-9 PM everyday— AAP (@AamAadmiParty) March 28, 2020
Using this customised Google Map, anyone can guide a hungry and famished person find the hunger camp at a nearby location. There are more than 500 hunger relief centres.
Food for everyone, don’t leave city: Kejriwal urges migrant workers
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said that the Delhi government has built the capacity to feed at least four lakh people from today onwards and appealed migrant workers to not leave the city.
“We have built the capacity to feed at least four lakh people from today onwards. We are also distributing food in over 500 schools and 238 night shelters. I have asked MLAs to request migrant workers to not leave Delhi as we have made arrangements for all. I will appeal that initiative of lockdown taken by the Prime Minister is necessary to contain this epidemic. If people will migrate then COVID-19 cases will rise,” Kejriwal said while addressing a digital press conference. He said that the government has deployed flying squads in each district to distribute food packets to the needy.
“Our flying squads are patrolling in each district and distributing food packets to the needy. From tomorrow, the distribution process will be carried out smoothly and food will reach everywhere. I thank all who are coming together in this initiative of feeding the people,” Kejriwal stated.
He asserted that the government has started distributing ration for the next month amid the nationwide lockdown.
“Ration is available at 1,000 ration shops in Delhi. From today onwards, 7.5 kg of ration will be distributed free of cost among 71 lakh people. MLAs will ensure the social distancing at ration shops,” he said.
