Known as the food bowl of the nation and for its hospitality, Punjab on Thursday came forward to help others states of the country by sending 20 special trains of food grains to ensure uninterrupted food supply to people during the Covid-19 lockdown.

The Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affair department sent 50,000 Metric Tonnes (MTs) of wheat and rice to different states through 20 special trains, said Bharat Bhushan Ashu, minister of the department.