1.3 lakh needy people have been provided with free meals in Kolkata in association with Kolkata Municipal Corporation and a NGO. One such location is an abandoned building at Kalighat which house nearly 4,000 homeless people. Fearing that among such a huge number of dwellers of that building some might have fever or cough, the cops of Kalighat Police station has jumped in taking action to keep vigil on them. They have also taken decision of doing videography of the lunch session of those persons, maintaining social distance as well as abiding to sanitisation norms prescribed by both Union & State Government.
Some other areas where cops are keeping close vigil include-Bowbazar, College Street, Rajabazar, Entally, Canal East Road, Khidderpore, Garden Reach and Bhawanipore.
The Special Municipal Commissioner (Development, General, Personnel & Supply), Kolkata Municipal Corporation Shri Tapas Chowdhury said, no beggars of this city have kept unfed. They are provided free meals twice-one in noon and the other at night, in the wake of covid considering their helplessness.
According to Department of Women & Child Development and Social Welfare, Government of West Bengal, there are 32 Shelters for Urban Homeless people in Kolkata at various locations like Galib Street, Beliaghata Main Road, Raja Dinendra Street, Topsia Road, Metiaburuz, Garden Reach and the like.
Delhi is at the top so far as the number of destitutes fed with free meals. There 75 lakh such people who have been provided with free meals.
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