Free meals for needy at Annapurna canteens

Hyderabad Annapurna canteens run by the Telangana government in Greater Hyderabad on Tuesday started providing free meals to the needy in view of the ongoing lockdown. The State government is providing free and hygienic meals through 250 Annapurna canteens in the limits of Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) to serve the needy during the lockdown imposed to check the spread of Covid-19

Patient attendees, daily wage workers, hawkers, people living in shelter homes and others are benefiting from these canteens during the lockdown. Arvind Kumar, Secretary, Municipal Administration said on Tuesday that on the directions of municipal administration minister K. T. Rama Rao, Annapurna meals is being supplied free with immediate effect until further orders in all the 250 centres in GHMC.

These canteens are providing food to more than 45,000 persons in different parts of the city every day. They provide hot and hygienic meals for Rs.5. However, in view of the lockdown the government decided to provide it free to the needy. As the daily wage earners are without work due to lockdown, the minister directed GHMC to make the meals available free of cost.