Jain Samaj of Daltonganj is all out to fight hunger gripping men, women, cows and calves.
Noted chartered accountant (CA) Saras Jain said, “ Our Jain Samaj is feeding stray cows, calves and bulls even. We give them tawa roti, which is made of the same flour of which we eat rotis.”
Saras Jain said, “It all started when we gave rotis to some very hungry, old and a few pregnant cows and then to our surprise we found that a couple of cows just walked down behind our roti man for more rotis. It was a heart touching scene.”
Now on an average we have earmarked 200 to 250 tawa rotis for these hungry stray livestock every-day here said this CA.
The owner of a prestigious vegetarian restaurant Lazeez Tamkesh Jain has allowed Jain Samaj to use his restaurant for its community kitchen for food for the poor and the hungry.
Saras Jain said, “Food is prepared by our team of cook led by Gopal Maharaj. Preparation of food is done in a very hygienic condition. Quality of food is the same which this restaurant used to serve to its customers.”
Sources said 100 to150 packets of food of this Jain Samaj are taken down by personnel of Medininagar Municipal corporation for its distribution among the needy but the saddest part is that the food packets of Jain Samaj so distributed are passed as one from the municipal corporation.
As many as 40 to 45 packets reach Sewa Sadan a maternity hospital here for patients and their attendants who have no ‘root’ in Daltonganj. Traffic police unit gets 30 to 35 packets. Similar number of packets goes to Palamu medical college hospital.
A large bulk of packets goes to poor and hungry having no address except hunger on their faces lying in wait for food near railway station, at Chiyanki etc.
A software engineer of Amazon based in Hyderabad but at present in Daltonganj working from home Sumit Jain helps in packing of food every day said Saras Jain adding 450 packets are distributed for lunch while 250 for dinner.
“ Women and girls had offered to help us in preparing and packing of food but our Samaj decided to keep it all a male affair where people in the age group of 20 to 40 work with dedication and pious emotion in two shifts forenoon and afternoon’ said Saras Jain.
The Jain Samaj is spending nearly 25,000 a day for 700 packets said the CA who added, “ The determination and commitment of Jain Samaj is too high and money will not be a factor rather we are planning to spread our food cover more from 700 to 800 or so.”