Rice, grains for poor families

June 20, 2016 12:00 am | Updated October 18, 2016 02:08 pm IST - HYDERABAD:

Ramzan special:A large gathering of the devout inside the Mecca Masjid going to offer prayers.– Photo: K.V.S. Giri

Ramzan special:A large gathering of the devout inside the Mecca Masjid going to offer prayers.– Photo: K.V.S. Giri

Sahayata Trust, a charitable organisation, is distributing rice, dal, wheat flour, sugar, chilli powder, edible oil, tamarind, and turmeric powder to the needy as part of its activity during Ramzan.

Keshaboina Sridhar, a member of the trust and BJP leader, distributed food grains to 100 families in localities around Himayatnagar on Sunday.

According to the trust chief executive Syed Aneesuddin, they collect money from NRIs settled mostly in the United States towards zakat to distribute food grains.

he trust has been distributing 15 kilogramme of rice, two kgs of dal, five kgs of wheat flour, a kg of sugar, chilli powder and tamarind, a litre of oil, half kg ghee, and 200 grams turmeric powder to each needy person during the holy month.

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