Published 14:49 IST, March 27th 2020

Delhi man asks netizens to help him with food as tiffin services shut amid lockdown

Twitter user and Delhi man Rahul Sharma took to the micro-blogging site to share his plight with the Internet and also ask for help from netizens for food.

Reported by: Prachi Arya
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During this panic-stricken moment when  entire world is struggling to fight with coronavirus, some people are staying away from ir home or alone and tiffin service is a lifeline important for ir survival. However, with lockdown underway those services are also shut and it’s turning out to be a trouble for many – just like this Twitter user Rahul Sharma. He took to micro-blogging site to share his plight with internet and also asked for help. It wasn’t long before people reacted and how!

Asking out for a hand of help, Rahul wrote that he is presently residing alone in Tilak Nagar, Delhi, and his survival was dependent on Tiffin food. He n appealed for a solution for his problem which invited scores of people storming comment section with ir opinions, while some asked for his dress, ors were a bit skeptical. One Twitter user wrote, “Bhai khud kamse kam daal chaval ubalna sikh lo [at least learn how to boil rice and pulses].” “Get essentials and check for YouTube to cook. But be careful,” wrote ar. re were several who voiced same idea. To this, ar wrote that probably Sharma doesn’t have a kitchen. “He depends on tiffin it means he doesn’t have any gas and kitchen items,” he wrote.

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However, soon, people came forward to offer help. While several Twitter users asked for his number, a few shared contact details of online delivery services from where he can order food. A few also shared similar issues faced by m. Here are some such tweets:Many people tagged BJP MLA Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga and asked for his help. To this, he replied:
In yet ar tweet, while replying to a query, Sharma wrote that a “good samaritan” has reached out to him and offered ir help. Here’s conversation:

Cases in India

death toll due to COVID-19 rose to 17 in country on March 27 and number of coronavirus cases climbed to 724, according to Health Ministry. In its updated figures at 9:15am, ministry stated that four deaths were reported from Maharashtra while Gujarat h registered three deaths. Karnataka has reported two deaths so far, while Mhya Presh, Tamil Nu, Bihar, Punjab, Delhi, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, and Himachal Presh have reported one death each. According to data, number of active COVID-19 cases in country stood at 640, while 66 people were eir cured or discharged and one h migrated. total number of 724 cases included 47 foreign nationals, ministry said. 

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14:49 IST, March 27th 2020