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Collectors to ensure 12 kg rice to poor from April 1: Kamalakar

Hyderabad: BC Welfare Minister,  G Kamalakar today said that Chief Minister K Chandra Sekhar Rao is for proving food and accommodation for working-class as corona lockdown continues.

He held a review meeting at Hyderabad and instructed collectors and other officials to ready to start 12 kg rice to each Poor family in districts.  He said that from April 1, officials will start giving 12 kg rice to about 2.82 cr people with 87.54 white ration cards.

The minister said that all the poor will get the rice, money, food, and accommodation as KCR stated. The Chief Minister has been generous and showing humanity by offering all help to these workers stranded without works due to lockdown in the state he said.  Unlike other states, KCR is ready to spend Rs 1103 cr for the distribution of rice and Rs 500 each to these workers.  As KCR stated 12 kg rice will be given to each of these workers and also Rs 500 each to overcome the problem.

Since the entire nation,  world are under corona crisis,  the workers are facing a problem.  Biometric need for those who didn’t take rations and not for regular ones.   Sanitizers,  soaps, and waters are made available at ration shops and people should maintain social distancing without hurry.  People should maintain document distancing and hand wash personal hygiene he added.

 

 

SOURCE (NSS)