The Chennai Police’s Kaaval Karangal initiative helps provide sheltered elders with meals.
What’s it about? The Kaaval Karangal initiative from the Chennai Police helps struggling elders get a meal. The initiative has been a success thanks to 100 volunteers and 40 NGOs. Launched in 2021, the aim was to help abandoned and destitute elderly persons with integrated services from the Chennai Corporation, NGOs, and old-age homes.
- Volunteers collect leftover food from events and functions as residents inform the volunteers. It’s then donated to several homeless shelters across the city. More than 4,000 people have been rescued and sent to homes.
- Two ambulances and e-vehicles were donated to the police for this initiative. The homes are subject to surprise checks to ensure all basic facilities are available.
Other services: More than 300 mentally challenged people are undergoing treatment. Apart from rescuing and helping homeless people, police also conduct the burial and cremation of unclaimed bodies. They’ve done more than 1,800 so far.