This story is from August 24, 2019

Jalandhar: Call before bringing any cooked food, say officials

The Jalandhar district administration has issued an advisory that before bringing cooked food, officials should be contacted so that they could be informed of the quantity needed.
Jalandhar: Call before bringing any cooked food, say officials
Two birs of Guru Granth Sahib being taken out from Mandhala Chhanna village gurdwara which was submerged
JALANDHAR: With people rushing in with langar (food cooked in the community kitchen) to the flood-affected areas in big numbers, there seems to be a problem of plenty. To avoid wastage of food, volunteers have been sending part of it to gurdwaras. Now, the Jalandhar district administration has issued an advisory that before bringing cooked food, officials should be contacted so that they could be informed of the quantity needed.

Two officials have been specially designated to coordinate with volunteers and donors. Officials are also urging people to bring dry ration.
Several vehicles carrying cooked food and bottled water reached the flood-affected areas on Thursday and Friday. “We came with 10,000 chapatis and one quintal pickle but all the material could not be distributed. We left pickle and water at Baba Balbir Singh Seechewal’s place, as they are distributing it further and we are also going to Gurdwara Ber Sahib in Sultanpur Lodhi to hand over the chapatis left with us so that these can be used in the langar today,” said Kuldeep Singh, one of the dozen volunteers from Chak Beer Sarkaar village in Mukatsar district who had come in two cars and a cargo vehicle loaded with langar and bottled water.
“We think, from here on, people should either bring dry rations or packed food that can survive for a day or two,” he added.
“The food is more than required. We have issued an appeal to the people that they should first coordinate with Jalandhar SDM-2 Paramvir Singh and district food and supplies controller (DFSC) Narinder Singh before bringing in cooked food or rations,” said Jalandhar deputy commissioner Varinder Sharma.
He also said people should bring water in 20 litre refillable cans instead of oneor two-litre bottles, so that excessive plastic wastage can be avoided.

Meanwhile, Manohar Lal, a Giddarpindi resident, who was initially worried because there was nothing left in his kitchen to cook, is relieved that he doesn’t have to worry about feeding his family any more. “More than enough food is reaching here and there is no tension about the food for the next few days as people from villages and gurdwaras are likely to bring us food,” he added.
“There is no dearth of food,” agreed his neighbour, Piara Singh. Both are daily wagers.
Langar was also served to policemen and other government staffers on duty. On Friday, people also brought along fodder for the cattle.
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