The JSPl Foundation, the CSR arm of the Jindal Steel & Power ltd (JSPl), served cooked food to over 25,000 visitors here during the Rath Yatra. People were given rice, dalma and khatta at a shed near the railway station in coordination with the district administration.
The activity started on Tuesday evening with one free meal and refrigerated drinking water. Over 7,000 people availed the service. This continued on the Rath Yatra day on Wednesday with two meals benefiting more than 18,000 devotees.
“With the blessings of lord Jagannath we are trying our best to serve poor and underprivileged devotees with freshly cooked staple food and safe refrigerated drinking water,” said JSPl Foundation chairperson Shallu Jindal.
The foundation would also provide food service to devotees on the Bahuda Yatra and Suna Besha days. It has set a target to feed about 50,000 people during the Rath Yatra festivities in Puri.
last year during the Nabakalebar Rath Yatra, the foundation had served free food to 1.5 lakh devotees and provided 50 mobile toilets for them.