Sikh group distributes free food to truck drivers stranded on UK-France border amid COVID travel ban
For the special langar, members helped cook 500 chickpea curry with rice meals and 300 tomato and mushroom pasta dishes making 800 meals on first day to be distributed. Updated: December 25, 2020 10:16:41 am
The group has been distributing fresh meals to hundreds of truck drivers stranded near the border.
When news of a mutated strain of COVID-19 in Britain and South Africa surfaced triggering alarm across the world, thousands of truck drivers found themselves stranded on the UK-France border that was suddenly closed. Then, a group of Sikh volunteers stepped forward to provide free food to these stranded drivers
British Sikhs have delivered chickpea curries and pasta meals for free to hundreds of France-bound truck drivers stranded in the United Kingdom, a widely praised gesture that is rooted in tradition.
Much of Europe, including France, this week banned travellers and freight from the UK after the discovery of a new, more transmissible variant of COVID-19 that is tearing through London and the southeastern county of Kent.
On Tuesday, UK officials said there were 632 trucks stacked up on the M20 motorway in Kent as part of an emergency operation using parts of the motorway to queue trucks travelling towards Europe. There were also 2,188 at the nearby Manston Airport, which is now being used as a giant parking zone.
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