PIB News Update: Railway Protection Force (RPF) of Eastern Railway (ER) continues its benevolent gesture of providing cooked food to the needy people of this city as well as the State, in the wake of the outbreak of COVID-19 and the resultant the. The food is prepared by RPF/NGO & IRCTC and the same is distributed every day by RPF personnel all over the jurisdiction of ER.
In this process, today cooked food (lunch) was distributed among 2301 persons at different locations in and around Kolkata, like Fairlie Place, Howrah, Sealdah, Bidhannagar, Park Circus, Ballygunge etc. and far-off places like Ranaghat, Srirampur, Seoraphuli, Nabadwip Dham, Barakar, Asansol, Madhupur, Jasidih, Dumka and Malda. Out of this, large quantity of food was prepared by RPF/NGO/other organisations and distributed among 1176 persons and the rest was given to 1125 persons. This meal was prepared by IRCTC.
Meanwhile, dinner for 1230 persons was prepared on date and the same distributed among the starving people by RPF personnel at various places. Out of this, food for 280 persons was prepared by RPF/NGO/ Others & the rest food for 950 persons was the contribution from IRCTC.