The Sikh community is known to lend a helping hand to those who need it the most all around the world.?
According to recent reports, the Sikhs in Kent, UK, came together to prepare and deliver hundreds of meals to lorry drivers who are currently stuck due to border closure.?
Hundreds of truckers have been left stranded because of the closure at the border of Dover. The drivers are uncertain of when they'll be able to get moving again.
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Sikhs from the?Gravesend Gurdwara?cooked 800 meals, in just three hours. The meals were then distributed to hungry lorry drivers,?Kent Online reports.
The dishes included?500 chickpea curries and 300 mushroom?and pasta dishes.
These were then collected from the kitchen by Khalsa Aid founder Ravinder Singh and handed out along with a police escort.?
Spokesman for the Guru Nanak Darbar Jagdev Singh Virdee told Kent Online,?"They [Khalsa Aid] got in touch this morning about 12 o'clock and by 2.30pm they came to collect the food.?We made some phone calls to get volunteers together because we are already doing Langar, where we deliver to vulnerable people."
People took to social media to praise the selfessness of the Sikh community, One user wrote, 'Wonderful work. Thank you for once again helping those in need and providing delicious meals and a sense of some comfort to our essential workers who're stranded.'
Another commented, 'Absolutely brilliant response. Puts our useless government to shame. Well done.'
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A spokesperson for Kent County Council, the authority responsible for driver welfare, said: "With the help of Kent Resilience Forum agencies, we were able to give out snacks and drinking water through Monday ahead of drivers being able to access welfare facilities at?Manston?as part Operation Brock planning."
He added, "Though?hauliers?are routinely well prepared for disruption, while French borders remain closed it remains important that people avoid travelling to Kent."
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said, "We continue to urge hauliers not to travel to Kent until further notice as we work to alleviate congestion at ports."