10,000 homes get 5kg rice each in Srikalahasti town

Tirupati: With the lockdown reaching three weeks, and amidst reports that it is likely to be extended,

YSRC

legislators have been reaching out to the people and distributing groceries, face masks and hand sanitisers, to help them survive the lockdown.

YSRC’s Srikalahasti legislator

Biyyapu Madhusudhan Reddy

distributed 50 tonnes of

rice

among his constituents on Saturday. Nearly 30 tractors carrying 50 tonnes of rice went from house to house, delivering the commodities.

Speaking to STOI, Madhusudhan Reddy said, “Today we are distributing 5 kg rice bags to nearly 10,000 houses in

Srikalahasti town

. There are several people who have lost their livelihoods due to the lockdown. Our effort is to ease their burden. The state government is also reaching out to the people below the poverty line with different relief measures.”

Meanwhile, state government whip

Chevireddy Bhaskar Reddy

, along with YSRC’s Rajya Sabha MP

Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy

, distributed 16 lakh kg of 25 kinds of vegetables to the people of Chandragiri assembly constituency in

Chittoor district

on Saturday.


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