Due to the lockdown, hunger seems like a greater concern than COVID 19 in Bankura

News Correspondent, abptakmaa, Kolkata, 18th Apr 2020 : While the Coronavirus pandemic keeps the entire country in lockdown, situations are getting worse at places that have less connectivity and access to cities. With no regular supply of food and grocery at numerous villages across Bengal because of poor connectivity and zero vehicle movement due to the lockdown, hunger seems like a greater concern than COVID 19 right now.

Villages in Bankura – Junbedia, Sonadaha, Debipore, Uposole, Patharchal needs immediate relief. Home to hundreds of daily wagers and farmers, Since they needed immediate attention to villagers won’t suffer from hunger and malnutrition in these days of the mandated lockdown. Owner of Sanskari Houze, Mr Dipankar Banerjee and his team taken an initiative to ensure that these families are atleast supplied with basic rations for survival. Dipankar Banerjee said, ‘I make sure that atleast some of the citizens of this country don’t go to sleep unfed as we battle this pandemic. And requesting others also to come forward’.