Tata Trusts provides relief

KATHMANDU: Tata Trusts has extended its on-ground support and relief to earthquake affected areas of Nepal by setting up community kitchen in Bhaktapur serving earthquake victims of three districts (Bhaktapur, Lalitpur and Kathmandu). This project has been set up in partnership with the Akshaya Patra Foundation, India and the Sipradian Sahayata Sanstha (an initiative of Sipradi Trading Pvt Ltd) Nepal, as per a press statement. The Tata Trusts’ centralised kitchen setup at Subakamana Party Palace, Suryabinayak Chowk, Bhaktapur was visited by Indian Ambassador Ranjit Rae and his team representing the Indian Embassy in Nepal on Monday. The community kitchen started serving meals from June 19 and provides around 18,000 hot meals a day. The catchment radius is approximately 30 km and 17 consumption sites are being covered.