Hyderabadi ‘Messiah’ who sold his farmhouse to feed the hungry

Hyderabad: A city-based English lecturer at a college, G Srinivas, was receiving no salary for the past year since the COVID-induced pandemic shut all educational institutions; and with a family of four to feed, he just had to find a way.
As a blessing came an initiative that provides him with enough rice for sustenance. He now has one less thing to worry about.
In the enervating time of COVID-19 lockdown, the year 2020 needs no introduction. Millions starved due to the precarity of employment, food and money. Migrant workers walked covering hundreds of kilometers and the unemployed barely survived. In such a distressing scenario, the real heroes Sonu Sood and the likes went out of their way to help people out.
In Hyderabad too, there is a story that needs to be told.
Also Read Behind COVID-19 woes, lie wails of hunger Rice ATM, an initiative to supply rice and other ration items for the needy round the clock, was started by 42-year-old Ramu Dosapati who is an HR executive at a private firm. And according to his estimates, Ramu spent almost 70 lakhs to benefit 45,000 people so far in over 350 days now.
Located at the prime LB Nagar junction, Ramu took up this initiative primarily to help migrant workers.