New Delhi: With showrooms in Connaught Place remaining closed due to the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of coronavirus, traders of the area have decided to contribute to the government's efforts to help the economically weaker sections in these testing times.
The traders' body in the area has decided to help a restaurant in Connaught Place which is supplying free food to the security guards, policemen, NDMC workers and others for about three days now. From Saturday, the restaurant named Qba in Connaught Place's E block has been providing free food to the security guards in the market place who could not return to their hometowns before the lockdown was announced.
Seeing the number of starving people on the streets in the area, apart from the security guards, the restaurant owner decided to offer free food to anyone who walked up to their outlet. Within a few hours, the word spread through social media, as the restaurant supplied over 160 food packets on the first day itself.
Speaking to media, President of the New Delhi Traders' Association, Atul Bhargava, said, "It was observed that many guards and street dwellers in CP were starving during the curfew. So we along with Qba restaurant have decided to serve free food to these people."
Bhargava said that the offer has now been extended to the policemen and NDMC workers in the area keeping in mind proper sanitation facility.