Tirumala: Millers asked to supply more rice to Annaprasadam Trust

Tirumala: Additional Executive Officer A V Dharma Reddy said that vegetable donors and Rice Millers' Association play a vital role Annaprasadam wing of TTD. He requested the rice millers to increase their contributions to provide qualitative Annaprasadam (free food) to pilgrims.

A review meeting with representatives of AP and TS Rice Millers association was held in Tirumala on Friday.

He complimented the Rice Millers Association for providing Sona Masuri rice to TTD at Rs.37 per kg when the market rate is Rs.45 . He also thanked the Association for providing Rs.55 lakh worth rice free of cost in the last two months on his request. The Additional EO also asked them to consider contributing more rice to the TTD Annaprasadam.

The Rice Millers also sought Additional EO to consider providing darshan to Rice Millers to encourage more donations to which Dharma Reddy assured them to place their representation in the upcoming Trust Board Meeting for approval.

Procurement General Manager Jagadeeshwar Reddy, DyEO Annaprasadam Nagaraju, Dy EO Marketing Natesh Babu, Catering Officer GLN Shastry, AP Rice Millers Association president G Venkateswara Rao, association representatives from Khammam, Nizamabad, Guntur participated.