bollywood veteran amitabh bachchan has started distributing 2000 packets of food daily to provide lunch and dinner to the needy across mumbai amid the COVID-19 pandemic. This gesture in addition to providing monthly ration to one lakh households of daily wage workers associated with the All india Film Employees Confederation.

 

The actor took to his blog to talk about his social service. He wrote "Meanwhile on the personal front, 2000 packets of food are being given each day for lunch and dinner at various locations over the city and the larger bags of a monthly provision about 3000 bags, which would take care of at 12,000 mouths is in process". He even revealed the locations where the needy were being fed. Most of the feeding is taking place at the Haji ali dargah, the Mahim dargah, the Babulnath temple, the slum in Bandra and a few other slums in the interior North of the city, it is so difficult to cover as many as we may want to, but.

 

The actor then highlighted the practical problems faced in the transportation of supplies because of the nationwide lockdown. He wrote "The process has its problems, the lockdown has now made it illegal to step out of the house and living areas, so even though I have been able to get the bags ready its transportation causes problems". Apparently one cargo vehicle can carry 50-60 bags of the essential package, so 3000 packages would involve so many more vehicles, the vehicles is not the problem, it's their movement that is restricted. He wrote "The authorities are saying that when the package arrives, people, especially those in the slums for whom the material is specially packed, have not eaten for 3-4 days and they rush for the vehicle to pick up their package, which almost causes a stampede and the police cannot allow that to happen, with the conditions of 'social distancing'".

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