Teachers and social workers cycle 100km for Covid awareness Samadhan appeals to residents to not let their guard down as lockdown curbs ease
Teachers from the Jharia based social organisation Samadhan on Thursday took out a 100 km cycle ride to spread Covid awareness on the occasion of World Bicycle Day.
The organisation provides free education to children from economically deprived families.
The awareness drive was taken out by Samadhan founder Chandan Singh and his two colleagues Ravindra Kumar and Bittu Singh. They cycled from Sai Mandir of Sindri to Govindur Kisan Chowk and other places like Nawadih and Bank More.
Daily wage earners on the brink of starvation Deprived of ration cards and income, workers depend on social organisations to feed their family
A large number of people, including construction workers, street vendors, rickshaw pullers, road side restaurant staff who are deprived of ration cards are facing the double blow of loss of income due to lockdown and lack of PDS foodgrains.
Many of these families like that of Raju Sao of Koiri Bandh locality and Shankar Sao of Jharia Sabji Bagan are on the verge of starvation.
Talking to The Telegraph Online on Thursday, Raju Sao said, “Our family income of five, including three sons, was dependent on chaat stalls put up at fairs or exhibitions but with no permission of fairs since March 20 last year we are penniless and somehow living on food grains provided by some social worker or other people including neighbours.”
The government-owned telecom service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam has warned subscribers of fake customer care numbers that cyber criminals were using to siphon off money.
The steel city is witnessing a rise in cybercrimes and fraudsters are using new ways and techniques to commit them, it noted on Wednesday.
Talking to The Telegraph Online, general manager of Jamshedpur Secondary Switching Area Sanjeev Verma said, Recently few cases have come to light that cyber thugs are sending messages to our subscribers from two personal numbers - 08697937328 and 9883547802 saying their SIM card would be blocked within 24 hours as the service has been expired.