Covid Help Centre Distributes Rations to Needy Families
As part of the relief campaign being organized by the Covid Help Centre run by CPIML-AISA-RYA, rations were distributed to 150 poor families struggling with lockdown-induced hunger and joblessness in Patna's Ramakrishna Nagar Thana (Bhupatinagar Manjhi Tola), Eastern Lohanipur in Kadamkuan Thana (Mahmudichak) and Western Lohanipur (Buddha Smriti footpath).
Patna City Secretary Abhyuday said that our relief campaign will be continued ceaselessly. Our Covid Centre has been dedicated to the service of the people for 21 days now and our comrades are putting their own lives on the line to supply essential materials to the needy. Each ration packet contains 5 kg rice, 2 kg atta, 1 kg dal, 2 kg potatoes, 1 kg onions, 1 kg salt, 1 soap, and 3 masks. Beaten rice (chivda) and jaggery packets are also being distributed among footpath vendors. Comrade Abhyuday pointed out that people were already hit by the Covid crisis and now in addition they are struggling with lockdown-induced difficulties.
Meanwhile, the Covid Help Centre is getting every kind of help from many social activists and civil society.
The Covid Help Centre has expressed dissatisfaction that the administration has not so far issued passes to the Centre volunteers. This has resulted in many problems in disbursement of essential relief materials to patients/family members and the hungry poor. We appeal to the District administration to shed its obstinacy and issue passes without delay to our Centre volunteers so that we can provide relief to as many people as possible.
Workers on Brink of Starvation due to Lockdown: Covid Help Centre carries on Relief Work
The Covid Help Centre being run since the past 25 days by CPIML, AISA, RYA and Chorus distributed relief materials on 18 May also to the poor, workers, rickshaw drivers, construction workers etc. in Patna. Many social workers and civil society are continuously helping and supporting the Covid Help Centre in this work.
On 18 May beaten rice and jaggery packets were distributed at Chiraiyatand, Station Complex, Kankarbagh, Hardinge Park, Patna College, PMCH and other neighbouring areas. Home to home delivery of ration packets was also done amongst 135 families at Patna City's Chailitand, Paijawa Musahari, and Mahadev Sthan Bintoli.
CPIML Patna City Secretary Abhyuday said that the lockdown has driven daily wage earning sections to the brink of starvation. Their livelihoods are fully shut down. They are receiving no relief from the government but our Help Centre activists are dedicating themselves to helping them.
The ration distribution work was done by Abhyuday, social worker Ghalib Musafir, State Committee member Samta Rai, CPIML leaders Anay Mehta, Munarik Sao, Sameer, RYA leader Vinay Kumar and AISA leaders Kumar Divyam, Anant Shaswat, Neeraj Yadav, Masoom Javed, Ramji Yadav, Avanish Kumar and others.
