More community food pantries serve the needy in Erode

First initiative at Gobichettipalayam spreads across Erode district

With the concept of community food pantry that was started first in Gobichettipalayam catching up, more such pantries have come up across the district to provide food to thousands of people every day during the lockdown. To serve the needy and the poor, Clement Premkumar of Gobichettipalayam placed food packets on a push cart in front of the bus stand in Gobichettipalayam from May 6 with a message on a display board “If you feel hungry, take the food, no need (for) money”. Poor people, conservancy workers and other needy picked up the food packets in the afternoon and it served over 300 people a day in the area. Hence, he started placing food packets on carts opposite Taluk Office and Modachur in Gobichettipalayam serving 400 people a day.