On March 22, the entire nation stood up against COVID-19, and observed Janata Curfew, few youngsters walked out of their homes on Monday to feed the needy.
A youth led group Satyagraha team of city distributed food to daily wage labourers and hostelers of the city. The group includes young theatre artists, law students and teachers.
Here on Monday, the group fed around 2500 people across the city. One of the members of the group and a theatre artist Shahvez Sikander said, "It is a time of crises and the most suffered sections of society are daily wages labourers, patients and hostelers. So we decided to distribute food to them". The group has set up a kitchen at Iqbal Maidam wherein food is being prepared. Besides, the group divided itself into small groups and distributed the packets to the needy at Hamidia Hospital, Itwara construction sites and Bhopal Railway Station.
Shahvez Sikander said, “It is an endeavour to help the needy and to bring people together with us in this initiative.” It is said that be the change you want to see in the world. So to begin with the change we started food distribution, he added.
In the public curfew imposed due to the Novel coronaVirus, to the poor, laborers, travelers, students are facing problems and major being the food. "We not only distributed food across the city, but have also spread awareness about Coronavirus."
The food distribution will continue till the lockdown. "We call upon the people of entire Bhopal to meet the needs of the people around us", said Sikander.