ludhiana despite navratri people are unable to visit temples for seeking blessing of goddess durga due to lockdown and now residents are worried about kanjak pujan at ashtami and navmi when they feed unmarried girls from neighbourhood the members of vidya charitable society have said people could donate to the poor and needy this time round usually at ashtami or navmi pujan people invite seven girls and one boy and serve food to them to seek blessings of goddess durga hindus consider it auspicious to perform puja and serve food to girls a member of the society arvind gupta who is director of inter national institute of fashion design inifd said now our priority must be to feed the poor who is unable to get anything to eat besides he said feeding neighbourhood girls for kanjak pujan may not be safe for the children as well as other people gupta said they are working in coordination with district administration to avoid any overlapping and last minute hiccupsanyone who wants to be a part of this activity can whatsapp or call at 9814003405 and 9914728300 with name contact number and number of food packets they would like to sponsordonate the residents can also contact these numbers if they want to volunteer in making vehicle arrangements for distribution of foodthe members of jagannath food for life have also joined the district administration for supplying packed food to daily wagers and beggars satish gupta from the organisation claimed that they prepare food at their premises and then pack it he said almost 5000 plates of packed food are being supplied daily in various parts of the city meanwhile harpreet sekhon nodal officer appointed for food distribution claimed that they get calls from many people willing to help he said they have tied up with some gurdwaras ngos and private people and in a day almost 1500 packed plates are being distributed