NE NEWS SERVICE
CHENNAI, JUNE 11
Headquarters of Dakshin Bharat Area (DB Area) of Indian Army undertook ‘Operation Sahayata’ to feed the underprivileged section of society during the Covid-19 induced lockdown imposed in Chennai, according to a release.
The lockdown affected large number of daily wage earners, migrant labourers and poor.
DB Area teamed up with the NGOs run by ex-servicemen to distribute food packets from May 25, 2021 primarily to the migrants at Chennai Railway Station travelling back to Patna, Howrah and Odisha, and to the needy and sanitary workers near Government hospital areas, where the food canteens were either closed or out of food.
Over 4,000 cooked food packets have been distributed to the needy in Chennai amidst the ongoing second wave of COVID 19.
DB Area has its headquarters in Chennai which is under Southern Command of Indian Army, a release from the Defence PRO said.
