Helpline nos. launched for senior citizens

Ranchi: The district administration on Friday launched two helpline numbers for senior citizens of the city to get their essentials delivered at their doorsteps, the administration said in a statement.
“Senior citizens can call at these numbers — 9693859914 and 9608916492 — between 9am and 5pm every day. If they need any assistance, volunteers will help them out,” the statement read.
Meanwhile, Ranchi deputy commissioner Chhavi Ranjan on Friday took a tour of several hamlets in the district’s rural Bundu and Sonahatu blocks. Ranjan inspected Sonahatu community health centre, which is being used to test the rural population for Covid-19 infection.
Panchayat level Covid task force teams are conducting door-to-door surveys to check for Covid-19 in rural areas of the district. Ranjan attended such a door-to-door survey in Bundu’s Gosaidih village and spoke to the locals.