KATHMANDU: At a time when all restaurants are closed in Kathmandu, a restaurant has been providing free lunch to around 280 employees working in the essential services on a daily basis.
Dalle Restaurant proprietor Alok Yonjan informed that they have been prodivind food to some 180 police personnel, 60 doctors at COVID-19 Treatment Centre and medical technicians at the national pathology lab at the Shukraraj Tropical Hospital Teku.
It is also serving food to 12 doctors assigned at the toll-free call center set up by the government to provide information on COVID-19 related issues and the drivers of 25 ambulances.
Yonjan said initially they had planned to serve food to the emergency sector workers for one week. However, later they decided to open the restaurant as part of their social responsibility throughout the lockdown period.
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