1,000 ration bags distributed

LAHORE:Hamdard Foundation distributed 1,000 ration bags among the needy families in the provincial metropolis, containing necessary items of food which were delivered at door steps of deserving people who stay indoors due to corona virus.

According to Hamdard Foundation spokesperson Syed Ali Bukhari, ration bags were delivered through Hamdard Free Dispensary vehicles. He said the Foundation is playing its significant role to provide relief to those affected from corona lock down, making the best possible efforts to reach out to the poorest people of the country.

Ali Bukhari said majority of the relief bags were delivered at the doorsteps of white collar people identified with the help of some volunteers serving in different public sectors providing their assistance to the Foundation to reach out to the white collar families at various localities. He said the volunteers collected their data after visiting door-to-door with the help of local workers.

Spray brigade constituted: In an effort to disinfect the city, Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) on Tuesday constituted a spray brigade to disinfect sealed areas of provincial capital.

Lahore Administrator’s PSO (personal staff officer) Mian Waheed uz-Zaman said that spray brigade was equipped with PPE (Personal Protective Equipment), latest spray guns and around 30 sprayers. He said the team would carry out chlorine spray in small and congested areas where trucks and pickups cannot enter.

He highlighted that the team would also carry out spray in the houses of Covid-19 patients in sealed areas. MCL Director Admin & Inquiry, Amin Akbar Chopra, assured that MCL was utilising all its resources to cope with coronavirus effectively and with perseverance.