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