The Uttaranchal University has also come forward to help the needy people of Dehradun during the ongoing lockdown. Since March 30 food for 500 people is being prepared at the university campus and handed over to the Uttarakhand police for the needy.
The university chancellor Jitendra Joshi, along with his team distributed food packets to 80 families of migrant labourers of Chhattisgarh, who are staying near Vasant Vihar. Along with this, each family was given 10 kilogrammes of ration each. Joshi has appealed to all the workers not to flee to their homes before the lockdown opens, adding that the university will continue to provide 500 packets per day till the lockdown continues.