UP became the first state in India to geotag its 7,368 community kitchens

Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to geotag its 7,368 community kitchens and community shelters across 75 districts which produce 12 lakh food packets a day.

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The UP state government has partnered with Google to ‘Geo-map’ the locations of all these establishments on the Google Maps app for ease of beneficiaries.

The state government has established community kitchens in adequate numbers in each of the 75 districts.

More than two crore food packets have been distributed in Uttar Pradesh since 25 March.

Out of these 7,368 community kitchens in the state, 668 are being run by NGOs and religious institutions.

The government faced a challenge during the lockdown about passing the information among the general populace regarding the location of shelter homes and community kitchens. To solve this issue, the IT Department and the Remote Sensing Applications Centre (RSAC), Lucknow, are developing for a solution.