MADURAI
: Ever since the lockdown came into effect the Yavum Inithe foundation, a newly formed NGO, has taken it upon themselves to serve food to the city’s policemen. It has been serving
lunch
and dinner for around 1500 police personnel on duty, for more than three weeks. Policemen take up responsibility of packing the food and delivering it to the cops deployed at various places in the city.
Yavum Inithe was started last month by four entrepreneurs from Madurai-R Thiruchenduran, S Kamalakannan, S Balasubramanian and R Yogaraja-to provide food for as many as 2000 people a day, including patients and their relatives at the Government Rajaji Hospital and abandoned people. With the lockdown coming into effect, trustees of the foundation decided to first reach out to the policemen on duty who were finding it difficult to get food on time, with eateries and hotels shut.
“We procure essentials from our departmental store and lunch and dinner for around 3000 people is prepared by the staff at our hotel. A variety of dishes like tomato rice, plain biryani, sambar rice, curd rice, lemon rice and coconut rice for lunch and jeera rice, veg pulao, rava kichadi and Pongal are being served,”
Yogaraja
said. On Tuesday, a new dish, mint rice along with Sundakadalai Pulikootu, was prepared at its centralized kitchen functioning at Kochadai
Once the lockdown is over, free lunch will be served for 2000 people. The NGO is also planning to increase the number to 5000 in the future.
Madurai city police commissioner S Davidson Devasirvatham, who visited the central kitchen got to watch the food preparation and distribution. He had a conversation with the trustees of the foundation and those involved in cooking food. He also thanked them for their service.
Various organisations have also come forward to provide food, water and snacks to police personnel deployed at various points in the city to show their gratitude during this lockdown peopel.
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