
Luck runs out for lottery vendors
The Hindu
Pandemic curbs hit them the most with many struggling to eke out a living
The relaxation of the pandemic-induced lockdown has come as a relief for T. Ramdas, 58, a lottery ticket vendor in Kannur. The lockdown restrictions had made life difficult for people like him, with many struggling to make ends meet. A native of Salem in Tamil Nadu, he came to Kannur to work as labourer in 2003. After he suffered a serious leg injury in an accident in 2013, he started selling lottery tickets to make a living.
On December 23, the newly elected office bearers of the Anna Nagar Towers Club, led by its president ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, who is a former MLA, met with Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin and conveyed their greetings. According to a press release, besides, ‘Purasai’ B. Ranganathan, the Anna Nagar Towers Club delegation that met Stalin at Anna Arivalayam, the DMK Party headquarters, included vice-president R. Sivakumar, secretary R. Muralibabu, joint secretary D. Manojkumar, treasurer K. Jayachandran and executive committee members N. D. Avinash, K. Kumar, N. R. Madhurakavi, K. Mohan, U. Niranjan, S. Parthasarathi, K. Rajasekar, S. Rajasekar, M. S. Ramesh, R. Satheesh, N. C. Venkatesan and K. Yuvaraj. Karthik Mohan, deputy secretary of DMK’s Information Technology Wing, was present on the occasion.












