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Distribution of tokens for Covid relief commences in Coimbatore

COIMBATORE: The office of the district supply officer started to distribute tokens to avail Covid-19 financial aid at the doorsteps of beneficiaries on Friday.
Distribution of the second instalment of the Covid-19 financial aid of Rs 2,000 and ration kits is likely to commence from Tuesday.
The dole will be distributed to 10.18 lakh rice cardholders in the district through 1,419 ration shops.
Officials are planning to distribute 200 tokens per shop a day so as to prevent huge crowds in front of ration shops.
Tokens will be distributed till Monday, according to officials.
A week ago, officials had planned to distribute the tokens, but it was postponed due to several issues.
Tokens to avail essential commodities were distributed to the public.
After taking charge as the chief minister, M K Stalin announced that his government would distribute Rs 4,000 along with a kit consisting of 14 items in two instalments to all rice card holders.
The kit has 1kg wheat flour, 1kg iodized salt, 1kg rava, 500g sugar, 500g urad dal, 250g tamarind, 250g Bengal gram, 200g tea powder, 100g mustard seed, 100g cumin seed, 100g turmeric powder, 100g chili powder, a bathing soap and a washing soap.

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