Dawoodi Bohra community chips in with relief for poor

Ahmedabad: Members of the Dawoodi Bohra community of the city have been among the people and organizations bringing succour to the needy. The community has been distributing food packets to the poor in several areas of the city for the past week.
Members of the community have been distributing about 2,000 packets on a daily basis to the poor living around Gulbarg Society in Chamanpura, Asarwa, Amraiwadi, Ranip, Fatehwadi, and Sarkhej.Pooling in resources from leading members of the community, the Dawoodi Bohra group intends to continue distributing food packets until the lockdown is lifted.
Firozkhan Pathan, a survivor of the Gulbarg Society communal violence, who has been accompanying the volunteers, said, “We have been helping poor people get food, irrespective of their religion.” Pathan went on to say: “This is the time for helping anybody in need.”
Qutubuddin Diwan, one of the volunteers, said: “We come across several people who say they have not had food for a couple of days because of the lockdown.” Diwan went on to say: “We have been trying our best to reach as many slums as possible.”