RSS details Covid seva: 67k places, 3.42 lakh workers; 50.5 lakh ration kits; 3.2 cr meals

Amid COVID-19 pandemic that has caused a catastrophic situation across world, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) joined in relief measures to help people in India who are stranded at different places across country or those who are hungry and without food at this time of crisis.

In its relief operations across country, RSS has deployed over 3,42,000 volunteers to help people in need. organisation served in over 67,000 locations during COVID-19 pandemic, donated ration kits to over 50 lakh families and meal packets to over 3 crore people. RSS also donated over 44 lakh face masks to people in need. RSS also participated in blood donation drives.

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In April, over one lakh people in city of Mumbai were being served food daily as  organisation engd in massive relief operations in Mumbai, through its service and environment wing, Janakalyan Samiti and Keshav Srushti My Green Society respectively.

operation named “Annapurna Yojana” was implemented in 24 wards of BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) wherein around 1.2 lakh people were being served hot cooked meals twice a day through 17 community kitchens.

BMC collected 40,000 food packets from se kitchens every day to serve its own staff and medicos and police engd in emergency services and to serve homeless, labourers and migrants.

Also in last month, organisation had also been involved in relief operations distributing food packs comprising of essential food ingredients to needy in national capital.