Ludhiana: Video on improper distribution of food goes viral on social media

TNN | Updated: Apr 6, 2020, 15:27 IST

LUDHIANA: The alleged improper distribution of food has once again been highlighted through a video going viral on social media in which president of Sikh Welfare Council, Ludhiana, Baljinder Singh Jindu has condemned the ongoing system of distribution of food by various NGOs.
He claimed that the district administration and civic body officials do not have a proper system through which food or grocery should reach those requiring it. In some areas food is being distributed in excess while some other areas are devoid of everything. However, the MC commissioner MC denied these allegations.
In the video he mentioned about a meeting of NGO members and councillors with MC commissioner K P Brar on Saturday evening. The meeting was called up to streamline the system of food distribution. Jindu claimed that when they asked about the demand of food in the city, the commissioner replied that at least 1 to 1.25 lakh people require cooked food daily and he told her that in the city food for at least 5 lakh people was being cooked and he had no idea where the excess food was going. He said at this moment all major gurdwaras, temples and other social organisations were cooking food while some were distributing dry groceries among the needy.
He said the commissioner could not answer his questions, so he was forced to upload the video on social media so that people should become aware. He said Punjabis were happy to help everybody, especially when there was such a scare among people, but the administration should streamline the system, or else everything would go in vain.
As soon as he put this video on the social media, some other people also reacted over the same. In yet another video a person showed cooked food being thrown in garbage in some areas where quarters have been recently constructed. Even in that video the erson who uploaded it requested the public to distribute food only where it was actually required.
However, on the other hand the MC commissioner refuted the same and said, “I had called up the meeting for streamlining the system and convincing the NGOs to distribute food or grocery in a systematic manner for avoiding overlapping. The man who posted video did not attend the meeting. He had come to meet me after the meeting and then he posted the video.”
She said she had conducted the meeting with owners of the quarters as well and they shared that they had already provided ration to their tenants. She said some labourers had started doing hoarding and for this reason they were asking for dry ration.