BAGLUNG: The Baglung Municipality has established a food bank to help poor and daily wage earners who lost their work due to the nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of coronavirus.
The food bank has been established with the support of Baglung Jaycees for the support of daily workers, helpless and poor people.
The Jaycees provided food items of Rs 60,000, according to its chair Surendra Shakya.
He said that 500 kg of rice, 75 kg of pulse, 50 of salt, 50 litres of oil, and 200 kgs of flour was also provided for the support in the first phase.
The food bank was launched after the workers complained of not getting relief materials in the wake of lockdown, according to Baglung municipality mayor, Janakraj Poudel.
The Jaycees and the municipality took the joint initiative to ensure that none would suffer from hunger.
On the very first day of the establishment of the food bank, rights activist Ram Sharma contributed 20 sacks of rice worth Rs 30,000.
Likewise, Editor at Dhorpatan daily, Hari Narayan Gautam provided 20 sacks of rice, some pulse and salt.
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