They brave all odds to deliver news on time
The Hindu
Today is Newspaper Distributors Day
The COVID-19 pandemic may have changed the city’s lifestyle and rendered the busy streets nearly silent for many days. But a small section of the people continued its daily routine tirelessly, braving the odds. Newspaper vendors and distributors continue to go about their routine of bundling newspapers, fixing routes and racing for delivery before dawn, even while most of the city is in slumber. Ranjithavalli Rajesh, a newspaper distributor in R.A. Puram, has not missed being at the distribution point to receive newspapers along with delivery persons for the past 15 years. What started as a help to a relative has now turned into a career, she recounted on the eve of World Newspaper Distributors Day, which falls on Saturday.More Related News
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