You would be thinking why I visited municipality office. Okay, I am telling you why? In India, people can make ration card to get food at subsidized rate. It is a good option for middle and lower class family who live below poverty line. However, I can't tell you anything about high class family whether they have ration card. Like others, we also have ration card but not digitized. Last few years, all ration cards were being digitized. We have also submitted all the required documents for digital ration card, but it is not yet created. Like me, there are several people who haven't yet got their digital ration cards.
Problem started when government imposed lockdown. The entire country was shut down. The main problem was to manage daily food items. In this scenario, government announced free ration for ration card holders. But later we came to know that only digital ration card holders will get this facility. It created problems for non digital ration card holders. To address this issue, government decided to provide a special coupon so that non digital ration card holders could get ration through that special coupon. One month ago, I submitted required documents for the special coupon. And two days ago, I got a SMS that
"your application for special coupon has been approved. Please collect the same from municipality office."That's why I had to visit Municipality Office yesterday.
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This is my bicycle. Nowadays, traveling in own vehicle is safe. However, bicycle is not a good option for long tour. It was easy to reach municipality office through bicycle. Unfortunately, rain started falling suddenly and I had to stand somewhere to save myself from rain water.
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I took this shot in different angle when the rain was falling.
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This was also taken from the same place where I was standing under a building.
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This blue and white colored building is the municipality office of my area. I visited this office yesterday for the special coupon.
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This place is called Baghajatin turn where municipality office is made. You can see the crowd here. This is the visual of Unlock 1.0 in my State. People are allowed to go for work. Transport system has been started. But several private buses are still in garage.
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This is another visual of Baghajatin turn. Vehicles were crossing the road.
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Shops were open and people were moving on the road. This is the effect of Unlock 1.0 guidelines that allowed people to open their business house so that they can manage their daily requirement.
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This is a hindu temple. I saw it yesterday when I was returning back to home. Temples are allowed to open in Unlock 1.0.
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First time, I saw this new hotel on the road to Baghajatin. I went through this road several years ago. So, I found some changes there.
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This is another visual of a road. After two months lockdown, I saw this Hustle and bustle on the road. However, partial lockdown is still running in our country.