Shillong, March 26 -- 'Aahar', a low-cost community kitchen, which has served the underprivileged for years, has suspended operations owing to a lack of LPG cylinders.
The kitchen, run by the Ardhendu Chaudhuri Charitable Trust since 2018, suspended its operations on Wednesday after running continuously for 3,858 days, as it failed to procure commercial cooking gas.
"We have indefinitely suspended our operations as of Wednesday due to unavailability of LPG, impacting roughly 60-70 families," Manas Chaudhuri, the founder of Ardhendu Charitable Trust, said.
"Aahar' initiative provided simple vegetarian meals at a nominal cost of Rs 5, catering to nearly 200 people every day, including daily wage earners, drivers and the urban poor.
Chaudh...