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Govt must announce package for poor before going in for lockdown : Ramanatha Rai


Mangalore Today News Network

Mangaluru, May 07, 2021:      Senior Congress leader and former minister B Ramanatha Rai has said that the  government  must first provide essentials to the poor  before it embarks upon a total lockdown measure to contain Covid spread in the state.

Ramanath Rai


Speaking to reporters here on May 7, Friday, he said the poor must get a package on the lines of Kerala and other states. He also suggested opening of ganji kendras in ever gram panchayat level.

He further urged  for measures to provide  accommodation to the attendants of Covid patients at Wenlock hospital.

Rai informed that the District Youth Congress lead by its President Luqman Bantwal  is assisting people  with an ambulance service equipped with oxygen facility and is also providing food packets to the needy.

Luqman Bantwal, Shashidhar Hegde, Naveen D’Souza, T K Sudhir and other party leaders were present.