After mid-day’s hard-hitting reports on how the pandemic has seriously affected Palghar, filmmakers, NGOs and corporate firms under their CSR activities have come forward to distribute dry ration kits to the tribals there. A non-religious social service organisation, Mahavir International, in support of corporate firms Rashtriya Chemicals Fertilisers (RCF) Ltd and Concor Air Ltd under their CSR activities, took the initiative to distribute 1,000 dry ration kits in tribal dominated hamlets on Tuesday.

In May, mid-day had published a series of stories with the slug: ‘Pandemic Hits Palghar Hard’ and highlighted the pathetic conditions of the tribals who were battling the pandemic, as the government had not spread awareness among them on how to safeguard themselves. Most of the tribals, who work in brick factories, are jobless and at home as these factories are shut in the pandemic.