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

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The state government has ramped up 26,298 mobile vans and manual carts for the doorstep delivery of fruits and vegetables in UP, of which Lucknow alone is being served with 3,280 four-wheelers/carts

Virendra Singh Rawat Lucknow

3 min read Last Updated : Mar 28 2020 | 6:49 PM IST

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

Topics : Coronavirus Lockdown Uttar Pradesh government Yogi Adityanath government ration cards

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