The social policing cell received a list of people in need of essential supplies and ration and their locations. The first batch of supplies was provided to more than 150 people on Saturday. (Representational)
Pune City Police has started providing essential supplies and ration to more than 150 students and workers from Arunachal Pradesh, who are stranded in Pune due to the lockdown and curfew in some parts of the city.
Pune has a significant number of students and workers from Arunachal Pradesh and other northeastern states. Prashant Lokhande, an IAS officer posted in Arunachal Pradesh, who is the batch mate of Pune City Joint Police Commissioner Ravindra Shisve, contacted him about the situation of some people from Arunachal Pradesh.
The social policing cell received a list of people in need of essential supplies and ration and their locations. The first batch of supplies was provided to more than 150 people on Saturday.
On Saturday, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu tweeted, “I would like to thank Dr Ravindra Shisve IPS Jt CP Pune for providing timely help to more than 90 students from Arunachal Pradesh studying in Pune through essential supplies and ration during this time of crisis due to COVID-19.”
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