The Telangana government on Saturday dispatched 100 tonnes of nutritious food for children in flood-hit Kerala.
The food manufactured by Telangana Foods, a state government enterprise, was airlifted to Kerala on Saturday. According to officials, the food known as ‘Balamrutham’ is worth Rs 52.5 lakh.
The food was airlifted by two Defence aircraft (C17 Globemaster) from Begumpet Airport. The food is expected to provide supplementary nutrition to about 50,000 children for 10 days, officials said.
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Meanwhile, Telangana IT KT Rama Rao, who is also the son of the state’s CM, said that he was donating his salary for one month to the flood-hit state.
“Besides the Telangana state government’s contribution of 25 cr to Kerala, I personally pledge my 1-month salary to flood relief. Will be sending the cheque to Chief Minister’s Relief Fund. Request my colleague legislators to also contribute as much as possible,” KTR tweeted.
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