The number of ration dealers and their helpers who are hit by COVID is increasing day by day. We contact the disease on the line of duty”, said T. Muhammedali, General Secretary of the All Kerala Retail Ration Dealers’ Association. The ration dealers have sent a memorandum to the Secretary of Food and Civil Supplies department to provide an emergency financial aid to the families of the ration dealers who have succumbed to COVID-19, from the Ration Dealers’ Welfare Fund. The dealers have also suggested to make the ration distribution manual, as it was during the first lock down, so as to minimise the contact between the dealer and the consumer. Above all, the dealers have asked for their commission for the last eight months of work, including kit distribution.

Source: The Hindu May 08, 2021 11:17 UTC