Big B Starts Distributing 2,000 Packets Of Food To Provide Lunch & Dinner To The Needy In Mumbai

Apart from providing one-month ration to one lakh households of daily wage workers associated with the All India Film Employees Confederation, Amitabh Bachchan has now started to distribute 2,000 packets of food daily to provide lunch and dinner to the needy across Mumbai amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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¡°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 wrote on his blog.

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He revealed where the people are 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...¡±

He also highlighted the problems that are being faced in terms of transportation and supply because of the lockdown.

¡°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,¡± he wrote.

¡°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 , its their movement that is restricted.¡±

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He said that because people have been hungry for days, sometimes they get unruly and impatient while the food is being distributed. It sometimes leads to a stampede kind of situation.

¡°The authorities are saying that when the package arrives, people , specially 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,¡±Big B wrote.

Big B also took to Twitter to express words of gratitude for supply warriors who are risking their lives to serve the nation in this hour of crisis.

T 3495 - I express my sincere gratitude to all #SupplyWarriors who are risking their lives every day to serve the nation. We salute your determination towards keeping #India connected amidst lockdown.#IndiaFightsCorona @PMOIndia @COVIDNewsByMIB @MIB_India @swachhbharat pic.twitter.com/zug66fL3Zq

¡ª Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) April 8, 2020

He said in the video that he gives instructions to carry out the process the right way.