Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and his wife Amrita have set up a series of kitchens in Bhopal to help daily wagers and poor elderly people get food during the lockdown.
The kitchens are distributing 5,000 to 7,000 food packets daily, the Congress leader's wife said.
These facilities, termed as 'Diggi-Amrita Rasoi' by Congressmen, are functioning in Jatkhedi Bagh Mugalia, Village Bagli (Ward-85), Adampur Chhavni, Piplani, 50 Quarters slum area, Anand Nagar, Saint Hirdaram Nagar, Bairgarh areas of the Madhya Pradesh capital city.
"Through these kitchens, we are providing food daily to the needy persons and others as they are unable to arrange for their meals due to the lockdown," Former minister and Congress MLA P C Sharma told a news agency.
