Covid-19 lockdown: Trichy street vendors furnish details to avail cash assistance

Deepak Karthik | TNN | Apr 7, 2020, 15:06 IST

Field workers equipped with hand gloves and masks are collecting personal details of the street vendors

TRICHY: The Trichy Corporation on Tuesday began to collect details from street vendors for providing them with a financial assistance of Rs 1,000 each. The financial assistance was announced by the Tamil Nadu government as the livelihood of street vendors was affected by Covid-19 lockdown.
All the four zonal offices of Trichy Corporation started collecting bank account details, Aadhaar card numbers and photocopies of family cards and street vendor ID cards.
“Field workers (animators) equipped with hand gloves and masks are collecting personal details of the street vendors in all four zonal offices. Social distancing is being ensured,” a senior corporation said.
Around 3,900 street vendors were identified during a survey conducted to constitute a street vending committee in 2019.