Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD), which has been rendering yeoman service by providing food to the stranded pilgrims, migrant workers, and shelterless poor everyday, has now announced to extend the gesture up to May 3 and also to other districts. 70,000 food packets everydayThe temple management has so far distributed over 25 lakh food packets from March 28 onwards to eliminate hunger of the needy. The food prepared at the TTD employees’ canteen used to be packed into a whopping 70,000 packets and distributed in the morning and evening among the needy. After the TTD administrative building came under the red zone, the kitchen activity was shifted to Srinivasam Rest House, Tiruchanur Annaprasadam Complex and SPW College. “As the TTD feeds thousands of shelterless and destitute people, it is our responsibility to ensure the supply chain remains intact,”, he said.

Source: The Hindu April 16, 2020 10:34 UTC