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As it was raining on Saturday morning, beneficiaries formed long queues, holding umbrellas, in front of ration shops COIMBATORE: Food and civil supplies minister R Sakkarapani on Saturday launched distribution of Covid-19 financial aid worth Rs 2,000 to rice cardholders in the district. As many as 10.18 lakh cardholders in the district can avail the benefit. On the first day, the aid was distributed to 2.17 lakh beneficiaries. As it was raining on Saturday morning, beneficiaries formed long queues, holding umbrellas, in front of ration shops. Theppakulam Street near Poo Market, which has ei...

Till date, Coimbatore has recorded 733 Covid deaths and 84,206 virus cases (Photo for representative purpose only) COIMBATORE: There seems to be a mismatch in the number of Covid-19 deaths declared by the state government and the number of bodies cremated or buried as per the Covid-19 protocol in Coimbatore district. According to government’s media bulletin, the number of people who died due to the infection between April 26 and May1 in the district was13. But the number of people cremated/buried in Coimbatore city as per Covid-19 protocol for the same period was more than 210. People who...

Coimbatore: A single mother, M Savithri, a resident of Andakkapalayam in Sarkarsamakulam block, wakes up early in the morning, prepares breakfast for her three children and in a hurry leaves for areas such as Mettupalayam in the district and Karanampetti and Palladam in neighbouring Tirupur district on her two-wheeler to collect flowers and Tulsi leaves, which she later sells at the Poo Market on Mettupalayam Road in the city. The unprecedented fuel price hike has made her life more troublesome. She travels more than 80km a day and spends Rs400 on fuel a day, out of her meagre daily earnings ...