Melbourne :
Extending a helping hand to the hapless victims of the raging bushfires in Australia, an Indian couple is providing fresh meals from their restaurant to those affected by the disaster.
Kamaljeet Kaur, along with her husband Kanwaljeet Singh, has been preparing simple meals of curry and rice for the victims in their Desi Grill restaurant in Bairnsdale in the state Victoria for the last five days as the bushfire crisis in the country worsened.
“We are providing proper meals of curry and rice. We distribute the food at the relief centres as well as give to those who come to our restaurant asking for it,” Kaur told PTI over phone on Saturday.
“The situation is really bad. Initially there was less fire in the area but later it expanded. People have lost their lives, houses, farms and animals,” she said.
Victoria is one of the worst affected areas in the disaster. Other areas are New South Wales and South Australia.
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Saturday called up 3,000 military reserve troops to combat the raging bushfire crisis which has so far claimed the lives of 23 people with high temperatures and strong winds threatening to worsen the conditions across the country.
More than 14,000 hectares have been destroyed in South Australia’s Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island.
Expressing concern over the situation, Kaur said that people had left their houses and were either shifting to relief camps or moving to Melbourne.
The couple, who migrated to Australia over a decade ago, were earlier providing raw materials to Sikh volunteers in the area to prepare food for the affected people but later started preparing it in their restaurant. (Agencies)
