Decorated para athlete and India's lone woman Paralympic medalist Deepa Malik along with her daughter Devika has launched an initiative to provide cooked food to daily wagers in different cities across the country amid the ongoing lockdown.
As part of the initiative, aptly named Happy Janta Kitchen', the duo has been feeding daily wagers in Uttar Pradesh's Kanpur will soon start operations in Amethi and Noida. Their NGO Wheeling Happiness foundation is actively involved in the initiative.
In Kanpur, we have partnered with NGO Shiv Shakti Kripa Foundation to support daily wagers and essential workers who don't have sufficient resources due to the nationwide lockdown, Deepa told PTI over phone on Thursday.
"We distribute a minimum of 100 food packets daily with the help of authorities in Kanpur under the banner of Happy Janta Kitchen," said the Khel Ratna awardee.
Asked why they chose Kanpur to begin with, she said, We felt there are many daily wagers there