Food is being prepared for around 10,000 pilgrims and disaster victims in temporary community kitchens for the last three days in the district, said Uttarkashi Food and Civil Supply officer KS Bisht while talking to The Pioneer on Thursday.
More than 30,000 disaster-hit persons were provided food through 35 temporary community kitchens in Government buildings including Government Inter-Colleges. The district received 200 metric tonnes of food grains from the State Government on Thursday, he added.Bisht said that food had been prepared twice a day in the last three days for victims in Uttarkashi district. The department is providing rice, pulse and spices while food is being cooked for the affected persons in temporary community kitchens.
A total of 10,355 affected persons were provided food through community kitchens on June 19 while on June 18 the department had arranged food for around 15,000 affected persons. As many pilgrims have sent to Dehradun through different modes of transportation, the number of stranded pilgrims has decreased in the State.
According to him, temporary community kitchens were set in Vikas Bhawan, Government Inter-College Barkot, GIC Naugoan, Janki Chatti, GIC Dhamantri, GIC Chiyali, Gyandeep Hotel, GIC Damta, Tamta, Jhala among 35 places in the district. As of now, there is no shortage of food grains in the district. The department had received some of the three-month quota normally allocated by the Government in the month of June before the start of monsoon season.