Mysuru, May 13, 2020: The Mysore Citizens Forum (MCF) distributed food grain kits to the people who are in trouble due to the lockdown, including pourakarmikas, tongawallahs, members of poor families, on May 8, 2020, in the Suttur Srimath premises, at the foothills of Chamundi in Mysuru, in the divine presence of Paramapujya Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji. Ministers in the Government of Karnataka Sri Jagadish Shettar, Sri S.T. Somashekar and Sri Byrathi Basavaraj distributed the kits symbolically.
Foodgrains kits were distributed to 2,500 households this time, which were given to a few family members symbolically. The kits have been handed over to the Mysuru City Corporation to be distributed later. The MCC will identify the genuine beneficiaries and distribute it. Each food grains kit contains 5 kilos of rice, 1 kg pulses, 1 kg sugar, 1 kg edible oil, 1 kg salt, and 1 kg tea powder.
Mysuru MP Sri Pratap Simha, MLAs Sri S.A. Ramadas, Sri G.T. Devegowda, Sri Harshawardhan, Mayor Smt. Tasneem, Deputy Mayor Sri C. Sreedhar, Commissioner Sri Gurudath Hegde, former Minister Sri A.H. Vishwanath, R. Vasudevabhat, Dr. Balasubramanya, Sri Narendra, Smt. Rashmi Koti of MCF and officials of JSS MVP were present on the occasion.
Similarly, MCF had also distributed foodgrain kits to 3,000 households on April, 7, Tuesday, during Covid-19 lockdown period. Apart from this, earlier MCF, with the support and help of citizens of Mysuru and the State Government had extended help to the victims of natural disasters like earthquake, tsunami, and floods that took place in Bujh, Gujarat, Mudaliyarkuppam in Pondicherry, North Karnataka districts, Madikeri, etc.
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Members of the Mysore Citizens Forum (MCF) distributed food grains kits to poor families including pourakarmikas, tongawallahs and others who are affected from the Covid-19 lockdown, on May 8, 2020, in the Suttur Srimath premises in Mysuru, in the divine presence of Paramapujya Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji. Ministers in the Government of Karnataka Sri Jagadish Shettar, Sri S.T. Somashkear, Sri Byrathi Basavaraj, MP Sri Pratap Simha, MLAs Sri S.A. Ramadas, Sri G.T. Devegowda, Sri Harshawardhan, Mayor Smt. Tasneem, Deputy Mayor Sri C. Sridhar, Commissioner Sri Gurudath Hegde, R. Vasudavabhat, Dr. Balasubramanya, Sri Narendra, Smt. Rashmi Koti of MCF and Sri C.G. Betsurmath, Sri S.P. Manjunath, and others of JSS MVP.