LUDHIANA: As a goodwill gesture and under the 'winter warmth' scheme started by Director General of Police Punjab Dinkar Gupta, more than 11,000 blankets and Lohri hampers containing eatables and other goodies were distributed amongst the downtrodden sections of the society by the Ludhiana police in the city.
Starting the drive, the commissioner of police Rakesh Agrawal distributed blankets and Lohri hampers to residents of EWS Colony on Chandigarh road.
CP Agarwal said that with an aim to spread warmth and happiness amongst the weaker sections of society, DGP Punjab Dinkar Gupta has launched ‘Winter Warmth’ scheme, under which more than 11,000 blankets, woolen caps and Lohri hampers containing bun packets, biscuits, cup cakes, gachak, rewari, moongfali, sweets etc were distributed amongst the residents.
He added, such functions were organised at 25 different locations in the city, where ADCP and ACP level officers distributed these items to the needy ones.