Answering the rhetoric that what can a single individual do?, women in Surat have formed Roti Bank by cooking 5-10 extra rotis per day. Rotis are collected at a single apartment in every housing society. Volunteers from Chhaindo an organization run by Bharat Shah and Ram ji Chandak - collect the chapatis totaling over 1.5 lakh everyday, and take them to a community hall. There, It is augmented with vegetables and other essentials and then food packets are distributed among 15 lakh workers across Surat. In a very simple yet profound way, women have come forward despite increased responsibilities during the pandemic. It also gives them satisfaction of having done something good for the society.
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