More than 10,000 migrant workers from various parts of Bihar have availed packages of groceries through the Bihar Foundation, a registered society under the Bihar government’s Department of Industry. With funds from Bihar’s government, the foundation has distributed relief material at various locations in Mumbai and Thane.
“As we keep ramping up quantities, we find more people in need,” said Ahsan Hussain, secretary of Bihar Foundation’s Mumbai chapter.
“Today, our daily food distribution reaches 4,250 people in the morning, and an equal number of people in the evening,” Hussain told The Indian Express.
The packages of grocery material have reached well over 10,000 beneficiaries, with each package including five kg of rice, three kg of wheat flour, two kg of lentils, one kg of mustard oil, half a kg of jaggery and two kg each of onion and potato, along with packets of salt, turmeric and chilli powder.
“It’s a substantial relief package, a family can survive on it for several days. We ran into several challenges with the staff, as well as procurement and logistics, but…will continue services as long as there is demand for it,” he added.