Covid-19 dole: Token distribution starts in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: The officer of the district supply office started to distribute tokens for the second instalment of the Covid-19 dole of Rs 2,000 and ration kits at the doorsteps of rice cardholders through ration shop workers from Wednesday.
The distribution of the dole and kits is likely to commence from June 5.
“Ration shop workers had started distributing tokens with the dole and kit distribution date printed on it to the beneficiaries since morning.The beneficiaries could visit their ration shops at the specified date and collect the dole. We would be distributing dole to 200 beneficiaries at a shop in a day,” an official said.
There are 1,419 ration shops in the district with each having anywhere between 350 and 1,000 rice cardholders.
He said the distribution could be completed within four to five days. The district has about 10.18 lakh beneficiaries.
The ration kit comprises 14 grocery items – 1kg wheat flour, 1kg iodized salt, 1kg rava, 500g sugar, 500g urad dal, 250g tamarind, 250g Bengal gram, 200g tea powder, 100g mustard seed, 100g cumin seed, 100g turmeric powder, 100g chilli powder, one bathing soap and one washing soap.