PURI:MANY multinational companies (MNC) and charitable bodies have come forward in a big way to serve the pilgrims during the Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath scheduled for July 4.
A meeting of all concerned NGOs and representatives of MNCs was convened by the district magistrate yesterday. It was revealed that about three lakh free meals would be doled out for the pilgrims on the day. The distribution of food packets and serving of cooked food on tables besides drinking water packets would be organised at various places of pilgrim congregation points.
The participating NGOs and religious trusts have given their consent to operate 15 ambulances in the city during the yatra to serve the devotees. This apart many have agreed to run first aid centres at various places in the city. The volunteers would collect and preserve 50 bottles of blood at the Red Cross blood bank for meeting emergency cases.
Sale of non-vegetarian food along Badabanda, the venue of Rath Yatra, has been banned by the district administration during the fete. District Magistrate Rashmiranjan Pattnaik and executive officer of the civic body M.D.Parida were present.
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