Chandigarh, April 25:
The Jail Minister, Punjab, S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa today said that the Department of Prisons expresses its heartfelt gratitude to Khalsa Aid Organisation for providing necessary items and equipment to the department for enhancing its capacity to tackle COVID-19 pandemic. He further said that the humanitarian gesture extended by the Khalsa Aid in this time of need would be counted as very valuable in the annals of humanity.
Meanwhile, the ADGP Prisons Mr. Praveen K. Sinha while thanking the Khalsa Aid, said that, “Khalsa Aid Organisation has always come up and played a pivotal role in helping the needy during the exigencies throughout the world and have proved to be the real heroes – who works silently without seeking attention. Humanity shall always hold such noble souls in high regard”.
It is noteworthy that the Khalsa Aid Organisation, represented by Mr. Amarpreet Singh and other volunteers donated a total of 920 body suits, 5000 masks, 1650 bottles of sanitizer (100 ml) and 23 IR Thermometers to various jails of Punjab.
Not only this but to control the menace of mosquito borne diseases and for disinfection of jail premises, nine shoulder mounted fogging machines were donated by Khalsa Aid, one for each Central Jail.