Coronavirus outbreak: District Magistrate seeks Covid donations in Uttar Pradesh
A district magistrate in Uttar Pradesh has appealed to people for donations to fight the Covid crisis, sparking anger at a time citizens are grappling with lack of oxygen, hospital beds and medicines, crematoriums have been overflowing and businesses have been dealt a body blow because of strict restrictions. In a message under his letterhead, Ashutosh Niranjan, the district magistrate of Deoria, has stated: “We appeal to all the residents of Deoria district that those who want to donate/help the administration, can submit cheque/bank draft in the office of the undersigned or can deposit in...