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.