On Wednesday, as many as 250 children, women and men lined up outside their shanties near YMCA Club in Ahmedabad for a sumptuous meal provided free of cost in a joint initiative by retired IPS officers, philanthropists, and a hotelier to feed underprivileged persons. Retired IPS officers PP Pandey, AK Jadeja and Keshav Kumar were present among others. “The initiative of Roti Bank that began in Mumbai has now been launched in Ahmedabad as well. We were contacted by retired IPS officer Keshav Kumar who suggested that a citizens’ initiative on the lines of Mumbai Roti Bank can be introduced in Ahmedabad. He spoke to Sivanandhan IPS (Retired) of the Maharashtra Police, who is the managing trustee of Mumbai Roti Bank, and they connected us with him.

Source: Indian Express July 15, 2021 04:18 UTC