Anupam Kher hails Vikas Khanna's initiative as he distributes 4 million dry ration meals

Michelin-Star chef Vikas Khanna, who has successfully distributed four million dry ration meals to needy across 79 cities in India amidst COVID-19 crisis, has called for solidarity and unity among people to defeat pandemic. Bollywood actor Anupam Kher praised his efforts and initiative.

Khanna, living in New York City, started an initiative in April to create a supply chain to ensure dry ration is procured and distributed to orphans, old- homes, and leprosy centers as coronavirus cases increased in India and government implemented a lockdown to control spre of virus. In less than a month, 48-year-old world-rewned chef, author and film-maker has been able to procure and distribute landmark four million dry ration meals or more than 3,100 quintals of ration, including rice, lentils and wheat flour, to orphans and old- homes and or needy individuals across 79 cities in India.

Anupam Kher took to his Twitter handle and wrote, "Dear @VikasKhanna ! You and your team are doing some phemenal work in se difficult times. Very proud of all of you. Please let me kw if I can be of any help!" [sic]

Khanna expressed his deep gratitude to National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), its Director-General Satya Narayan Prhan, and force’s personnel who he says have been working tirelessly on ground to collect, pack and distribute ration across India. “My hope is solidarity. Solidarity is everything. We can beat corona and we should all be united to figure out how to defeat this virus,” Khanna told PTI here.

(with PTI inputs)