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He not only began distributing food to these people for free, but inspired many to aid him in his philanthropic venture.

"The needy and poor should not come to us begging. As everyone’s responsibility, we must introduce a mechanism where they can access food for free.”

"We have been educating our customers to pack the leftover food and donate it. In addition to the leftovers from our outlet, people of the city also donate food regularly. Sometimes we also have fresh food left in the fridge.”

Retired IPS officer D Sivanandan and UK-based NRI businessman Nitin Khanapurkar launched the ‘Mumbai Roti Bank’ recently in association with the dabbawalas, where GPS-tracked vans would collect excess food from various eating joints, households, functions and school canteens and distribute it among underprivileged hungry people across Mumbai.

Tara Patkar and his team of volunteers started Roti Bank to make sure no one sleeps hungry in the town of Mahoba. Roti Bank collects food from over 500 households and feeds more than 1000 people every day.

The people of Kozhikode have made a commitment to not let anyone go hungry in their city. They are silently funding a free meal coupon initiative that has fed over 9000 people in the last one year.