Hyderabad: HR executive starts 'Rice ATM' initiative, hopes 'no one goes to bed hungry'

A Hyderab based HR executive Dosapati Ramu started a 'rice ATM' to provide food for poor and needy people amid ecomic crisis caused by COVID-19 outbreak. Before lockdown, Ramu and his friends distributed packets of cooked foods to about 150 people, mainly migrant labourers, every day. After restrictions were eased by government, he started a 'Rice ATM' initiative to provide groceries to needy and poor. 

Hyderab Man starts 'Rice ATM'

Inspired by a security guard who used her salary of Rs 6,000 to buy 20 kgs of chicken to feed labourers, Dosapati Ramu started this initiative. HR executive from Hyderab says that he aims to help those who have work and money amid COVID-19 pandemic. "During lockdown, I along with a few of my friends started serving cooked food to nearly 150 migrant labours and after lockdown has been lifted, I initiated this 'Rice ATM' and started to distribute groceries to needy and poor round--clock every day," said Ramu.

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Speaking about his plans to discontinue his initiative, Ramu said that he did think about it in June when lockdown was lifted and trains were started but he changed his mind after realising that lack of work has left labourers with way to fill ir stomachs. Ramu also ded that y t only provide food but also try to help labourers find work to ensure that y can earn something. Under his 'Rice ATM' initiative, Ramu has been providing ration t only to daily w workers but also to senior citizens, COVID-19 patients as well as pregnant and single women.

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Speaking about his initiative, Ramu said, "We n started giving groceries to needy people. We have been providing groceries for last 172 days. Some days count of people who visit to take groceries maybe only 20 to 30 but some days it might reach 150 to 200 people. We don't kw how y came to kw about this but mess that a guy is providing ration to poor spre like wildfire and people reach me every day seeking help."

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"We distribute 15 days' kit to pregnant women and single women to help m feed mselves and ir families and n we distribute five days' kit to labourers," he ded. 

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Recalling an incident, Ramu said that re was a time when he was approached by school teachers as y were t being paid by school manment amid  coronavirus pandemic. "We distributed monthly groceries to nearly about 750 teachers last month," he said while ding that he only hope and wish is that one should die of hunger or go to bed on an empty stomach. "I wish for a day when I come out of house and see one asking me for help. This corona pandemic must end soon," said Dosapati Ramu.

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(With inputs from ANI)