In fight against the global epidemic outbreak several social organisations, individuals and the Government bodies have came forward to help the needy during lockdown in the State Capital.
In unique kind of attempt to boost morale of Ranchi Municipal Commission's (RMC) cleaning workers, the staff members of the Central Bank of India (CBI) Regional Office, Ranchi felicitated the RMC's cleaning staff working for the front line of the society. Expressing gratitude to the sanitary workers, Senior Regional Manager of Central Bank, Ajay Kumar Singh said that even in an epidemic like Covid 19, our sweeper brothers are acting like a warrior for the protection of our health. City Mayor Asha Lakra, Deputy Mayor Sanjeev Vijayvargiya along with Municipal commissioner Manoj Kumar were also present on the occasion. Speaking on the occasion, Lakra said that this effort made by the CBI to increase the morale of our staff members in this adverse situation is very commendable.
Individuals are also taking part in helping poor and needy during the ongoing lockdown. Proprietor "Light House Cafe and Kitchen Restaurant" in Hatia-Tupudana, Dilbag Singh, is named in the front row who is a retired officer from the Indian Navy also providing food to poor and needy at Hatia-Tupudana area. Singh has been engaged in relief work since March 25 March due to closure of his restaurant. The eight employees working in his restaurants are helping in cooking food for the poor every day.
Singh said that during the period of lockdown, food is distributed daily among around 150 poor people, rickshaw drivers, women laborers living in slums near Hardag, Kongari, Dungri, Basargarh in the vicinity of Hatia and Tupudana. Not only this, rationing and other relief materials are also provided to the needy, homeless and destitute people and workers who are trapped here, he added.
In order to helping poor during the lockdown BSNL Jharkhand Circle also launched a campaign to help the needy at the time due to Corona virus at Chief General Manager Office, Jharkhand Telecom Circle, ARTTC Campus. Food items containing 5 kg rice, 1/2 kg lentils, 1/4 liter refined oil, ½ kg soybean, 1 kg salt, a bath and washing soap were distributed to the needy people in the vicinity.
Under this campaign, ration was distributed among 25 needy persons on April 20 under the chairmanship of CGMT Geeta Banerjee and on April 23 ration was distributed among 220 needy also. On this occasion DDG (Term) JV Prasad, DDG (Rural), Ramesh Chandra, General Manager (Administration) AK Samant, Principal (ARTTC), VK Maurya, along with other officers and employees of BSNL, Jharkhand were also present.
A delegation Jharkhand Petroleum Dealers Association also met Ranchi Senior Superintendent Anis Gupta and handed over sanitizer and masks to him to distribute among needy persons.
Various staff members of South Eastern Railway's (SER), Ranchi Rail Division are also engaged in providing foods to poor and needy during the time of distress. Railway Protection Force with help of other railway's departments provided cooked food to around 400 people. The RPF started to distributing food among poor since announcement of lockdown.