Scores of Hyderabad residents without ration cards fear hungry days ahead

'Syed Mihraj is an auto driver and since the lockdown began, he has been sitting idle at home. "I have a family of five members to feed and we have run out of essentials at home. I have not been earning for the last 15 days," says the auto driver, whose family does not have a ration card. On Monday, the residents of his locality at Shaheen Nagar in Bismillah Colony of Hyderabad stepped out during the lockdown, demanding they be provided with essential goods as many in the locality may run short of supplies soon. The Telangana government has promised 12 kilograms of rice through the Public Distribution System (PDS) to those who have ration cards, but is yet to take a call on the distribution of essentials to those without a ration card...'