The Delhi Sikh Gurdwara Managing Committee (DSGMC) and the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) will start air lifting of 50,000 food packets everyday to Nepal.
“Both bodies will send 25,000 packets of food each besides sending their teams to Kathmandu to initiate the preparation of fresh langars over there,” Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Monday.
Sukhbir, while dispatching first lot containing more than 10,000 food packets and other relief material from Gurudwara Sri Bangla Sahib New Delhi, said that a team of DSGMC had flown to Nepal to identify the suitable place for preparing fresh langar (community kitchen) over there.
He said that a team was also being sent by SGPC for the same purpose to serve the humanity. “It is a very unfortunate massive disaster in Nepal and in this hour of crisis, the whole Punjabi fraternity is with earthquake victims,” he said.
“A team of DSGMC has flown to Nepal to oversee the arrangements for preparation. langar will be served while cooks along with required man force and machinery would reach to prepare fresh food over there.
“As per the arrangements envisioned by DSGMC and SGPC, fresh langar would be prepared for more than 10,000 victims daily,” he said.