LAPLACE — Local business owner Raj Pannu is coordinating with the United Sikhs to provide St. John the Baptist Parish residents with food, water and other supplies as they recover from the destruction left behind by Hurricane Ida.

The United Sikhs is an affiliate of the United Nations and travels across the world to provide disaster response services. The group of nearly 35 volunteers from as far as Seattle, Los Angeles and New York City began providing food and water to locals Tuesday and will continue for at least the next seven days.

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