Ranchi archdiocese gives ration to poor at railway station

RANCHI: Continuing with its charity works among distressed people affected by the pandemic, the Ranchi Archdiocese on Monday distributed dry ration packets among 100 people at Ranchi railway station. The packets contained 15 days ration that included rice, pulses, grams (chickpeas), soya beans and cooking oil.
Since May this year, the Ranchi Archdiocese has been in the forefront distributing dry ration among the Birhor tribesmen, daily wage workers, slum dwellers and HIV-affected people and their families in Ranchi district. The church is also distributing cooked meals to Covid-19 affected patients admitted at the Rajendra Institute Medical Sciences, Ranchi, their attendants and relatives.
Speaking to the beneficiaries, Theodore Mascarenhas, Bishop of Ranchi, said that people like coolies, loaders, cobblers and others, who depend on the normal functioning of trains to feed their families have been pushed to the verge of starvation as trains are running with limited capacity with many trains being cancelled because of the pandemic.
“The catholic church thinks of those in need, with love and seeing the dire straits in which the people working at the station find themselves in, the church has decided to come to their aid and provide them with a 15-day ration for their families,” Mascarenhas said.
The church team was led by archbishop of Ranchi Felix Toppo and Bishop of Ranchi Theodore Mascarenhas, among others.