Delhi International Airport to distribute food to migrant labourers during lockdown

GMR-led Delhi International Airport will distribute food to migrant labourers till the end of lockdown period, its CEO said on Wednesday. The company has come forward to help migrant labourers by distributing freshly cooked food among them.

"Keeping alive the spirit of Social Responsibility in these trying times, DIAL has taken the initiative of distributing freshly cooked food among these workers and will continue till the end of the lockdown," CEO,DIAL Videh Kumar Jaipuriar was quoted as saying in a statement. In addition, about 342 ration kits have been distributed over the last week with a target of serving to 1,000 migrant workers.

"These kits consists of atta (10 Kg), Oil (1 litre), Pulses (2 kg), Masala Packet (300 gms), Sugar (2 kg), and Salt (1 kg)," the statement said.

Coronavirus: Total tally crosses 12,000 mark in India

With 941 new cases the total number of confirmed cases of novel coronavirus in India mounted to 12,380 stated the data published by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday.

Of these, 10,477 are active cases of COVID-19, 1,488 individuals have recovered and discharged from the hospital, one person migrated to another country and 414 people succumbed to the disease.

The total confirmed cases include 76 foreign nationals.

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Maharashtra remained the worst hit state with a total number of positive cases rising to 2,916, followed by New Delhi with 1,578 cases and Tamil Nadu, which has reported 1,242 cases and Rajasthan with 1,023 cases. according to the Health Ministry data.