Residents allege disparity in ration distribution

TNN | Apr 16, 2020, 04:19 IST

Mysuru: Scores of residents of Gandhinagar descended on the streets here on Wednesday morning, seeking ration, foodgrainand milk. The protesters of the area, which falls under the jurisdiction of ward 27 of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), alleged that their corporator Rafiq was distributing ration only to his supporters, and not others.
The residents said that the lockdown had left many of them without jobs or means to earn enough for their basic needs and sought the intervention of the district administration to address the disparity in the distribution of essential commodities.
Disregarding the prohibitory orders imposed in Mysuru, the residents gathered on the streets to give vent to their angst.
Some of the women protesters said that most of them were employed as domestic workers in various localities across the city. “But owing to the Covid-19 outbreak, our employers have asked us not to come, which has rendered us jobless,” they said.
Mayor Tasneem told TOI that the MCC had been distributing ration, milk and food grains to all members of the underprivileged sections across the city, regardless of whether or not they had a BPL card.
“The MCC is planning to distribute an additional 11,000 ration kits to those we have identified,” Tasneem said.