Till now 41,48,000 meals have been distributed through the Annapurna canteens during the lockdown period.
The GHMC provided free food to 1,56,350 persons through 342 Annapurna canteens today.
Donors, NGOs and other organizations have also been generously donating food and other essential items to the GHMC monitoring wing, resulting in the corporation being able to increase its help to the poor. The GHMC has so far distributed 6,44,300 food packets given by 692 donors, to the poor through its Annapurna Mobile vehicles. Further, another 10,94,200 food packets have been distributed so far to by donors under the GHMC's supervision.
Till now 41,48,000 meals have been distributed through the Annapurna canteens during the lockdown period.
The monitoring wing also received and distributed about 520 tons of rice, 2,864 ration kits, 60,000 biscuits and cakes, 4,500 litres of oil, 2,500 litres of floor cleaner, 3,100 gloves, 33,000 masks, 4,500 kgs of wheat flour, 5,600 oats packets, 1,364 PPE kits, 5,550 sanitizer bottles, 7,500 litres of sanitizer cans, and 30 tons of watermelons given by donors.
Migrant workers, poor people, students and orphans are the main beneficiaries.
Mayor Bonthu Rammohan had been regularly monitoring the distribution of food through the Annapurna canteens and of the essential items given by the donors.