Amritsar, November 13

The SGPC dispatched ration to support the 1,830 needy Sikligar Sikh families living in Rajasthan on Friday.

Ration and other essential items were dispatched in five trucks, which carried 457 quintal wheat, 183 quintal rice, 91 quintal pulses, and 2,000 blankets in the presence of SGPC president Bibi Jagir Kaur and others.

Bibi Jagir Kaur said the SGPC had been constantly making efforts for the welfare of the Sikligar Sikh families, who are an important part of the Sikh community and work was being done for their welfare regularly.

“The ration has been dispatched to the needy families living in Hanumangarh, Tehalwada, Alwar, Khairthal, Sri Ganganagar, Musani, Kishangarh, Bharatpur, Jaipur and other places in Rajasthan,” said Bibi Jagir Kaur.

She said the SGPC was already assisting the children of Sikligar Sikhs in their education under which school fee was being provided to them in states including Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Andhra Pradesh among others.

Rajasthan is also home to a large number of Sikligar Sikh families and the All-India Rajasthan Sikligar Sikh Sabha, Alwar, had raised a demand for ration for the needy families. — TNS