Nirmal Food Bank feeds nearly one lakh people in 8 years

Nirmal: What once started as a small food initiative has turned into a ray of hope for the needy. Element Bank Nirmal was started eight years ago with the goal of feeding 10 people every Sunday. Till now it has fed food to about one lakh people. However, now we are preparing food with 40 kg rice and feeding at least 150 people every Sunday. , Sridhar Rathod, founder of the bank, told ‘Telangana Today’. Sridhar, a special assistant at a branch of Syndical Bank in the heart of Nirmal district, came up with the idea of creating a food bank after being impressed by the difficult condition of beggars and people suffering from mental illnesses who were forced to consume newspapers. Trash bins on the streets. Due to moisture. He shared that he could successfully start and run this initiative with the support of his three friends and around 30 volunteers from the city. Sridhar and his friends Guglavath Ravinder, a musician, Bhattu Veeranna, an engineer, Mamulla Ramesh, an agent of LIC, all residents of Nirmal, were preparing food in a rented shed in Adarshnagar in the city on Sunday. Packing food and distributing it among the needy. Motorcycles were used to deliver food packages. Ensuring that all beggars, mentally challenged and indigenous people receive packages. It is commendable that the food bank, the first of its kind in the old district of Adilabad, has achieved the distinction of feeding 500 people not only from Nirmal but also from the surrounding villages every day during the COVID-19 pandemic. During three months. The organizers said that they depended on their savings to manage the bank and on contributions generously donated by donors and NRIs from Hyderabad. Sridhar revealed that he was planning to operate the bank during the week to mark the completion of seven years starting from January 1. Any person can become a partner of this initiative by contacting them on 96031 91980.