Government of India

CUP-19: COVID Urban Practices : Innovation / Initiative

A Glimpse of Initiative


Food Distribution


State/UT Name : Haryana

Place : NUH, Punhana, Ferozepur Jhirkha, Taoru

Type of Initiative : Food - Community Kitchen

Date of Initiative : 26-03-2020

What Initiative Were Taken? : Food Distribution

Details : This initiative has helped the starving urban poor families, night shelter residents, and quarantine patients. The community kitchen initiative to feed urban poor has covered approximately 7000 families mostly in urban areas

Outcome : In Nuh District, 4 Municipal Committees, Red Cross Society, and civil society organizations working closely to combat COVID 19 pandemic. Since March 26, 2020 all municipal committees double sanitized entire wards and other public places. Collectively distributed 1,15,261 food packets until today. This has helped the starving urban poor families, night shelter residents, and quarantine patients.Besides these activities MCs were conducted awareness programs with the help of Civil Society Organizations and Ward Councilors. The collective effort, effective implementation and perennial surveillance substantially blocked the surge of COVID 19 pandemic in Nuh District.