COVID-19: Kerala’s community kitchens serve 2.5 to 2.8 lakh food packets a day. Food is being prepared at 1,255 kitchens set up across 14 districts. Food packets are given free of cost to the poor and marginalised. The initiative is run by local self-governing bodies in association with Kudumbashree. Aims to ensure a hunger-free society during the lockdown. The first set of such kitchens began functioning on March 26. Majority of community kitchens are in Ernakulam, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram & Thrissur.
