Port Blair, May 16: Shri M P Abdul Rasheed, who emerged as a well-known figure during the COVID pandemic had started his noble works during the previous lockdown by providing essential ration articles to his needy neighbourers and workers working under him. This act of his had turned him to be popularly known as Ration Rasheed in the Islands.

Rasheed did not limit himself in providing ration, but turned out to be a saviour to the economically weaker sections of the society by providing financial assistance, water during scarcity, by arranging swachta drive in many locations of Haddo and nearby area, arranging for bleaching of pavements during heavy rainfalls among others. He also joined hands with A&N Administration in many of their works viz. providing of masks/gloves to the sanitary Municipal workers, organized Health Camps, Bleach Clean drives, provided Health IDs, Jeevan praman Certificates to more than 3000 Islanders and organized well sanitized vaccination programmes for the eligible beneficiaries.

During the second wave of COVID-19 Rasheed is assisting in providing dry ration articles to the doorsteps of PDS beneficiaries of Haddo and Lillypur containment zone. He has also started sanitisation drive of whole of the containment zone in Haddo and Lillypur area. Last year, Rasheed and his team had sanitized all the religious places, most of the residential and commercial buildings throughout the Haddo area.

He expressed his desire that he would be providing free sanitization to any houses in and around South Andaman area if required and anyone could contact him on Mob: 9933240679.