No One Should Go Hungry, Says Man Behind Rice ATM

Hyderabad: An MBA graduate working for a private firm has launched a ‘rice ATM’. Anyone who does not have rice to cook for their next meal can go there and take rice which will suffice for five days.

- Sushil Rao

While more than 12,000 families have benefited by Ramu Dosapati’s initiative since lockdown was imposed in March this year, more number of people are availing the benefit now. Located near LB Nagar, the rice ATM has come as a boon for workers and those who lost jobs or faced pay cuts due to the Covid-19 pandemic. “No one should go hungry. That is why I have made available rice for anyone to come and pick it up,” Ramu told TOI. On Wednesday, more than 100 people came to collect rice and Ramu himself home-delivered rice to families of Covid-19 patients.