Covid-19: UP gives ration to 7 mn people; sets up 522 community kitchens

11,000 isolation and quarantine beds identified for corona/suspected patients

Uttar Pradesh has supplied ration to more than 19.4 million public distribution system (PDS) beneficiaries, of which nearly 7.1 million ration card holders have been provided with free food grain even as 55 positive coronavirus patients have so far been identified in the state.

There are approximately 32.3 million PDS ration card holders in the state, UP additional chief secretary Awanish Kumar Awasthi said here today. He said the remaining beneficiaries will be supplied their ration in the coming days.

Meanwhile, nearly 522 community kitchens have been set up with nearly 137,000 food packets distributed on Saturday itself. “The milk