The nationwide lockdown has left senior citizens, who are wholly dependent on their domestic helps for their daily household chores, extremely helpless. In order to help the senior citizens within the Parsi community, the Bombay Parsi Punchayet (BPP) has set up two helplines to deliver essential supplies like food and medicines, and they are also mobilising volunteers through several messaging groups.

The BPP started two helpline numbers on Sunday that operate from 9 am to 9 pm and since then, they have received over 70 phone calls from senior citizens asking for food and medicines. Ronny Patel, a community member, who is manning one of the helpline numbers from his home, said that he has received calls from South Mumbai to Andheri and even from Khandala. "Majority of the calls has been from senior citizens living outside the Parsi colonies. They all used to avail tiffin services but they have been stopped due to the lockdown. We have about 40-50 volunteers who use their own vehicles to deliver the essentials," he said.