Unwrapping it, he found train tickets that would ensure passage from Jodhpur to Chennai for Tikkam and his entourage. The menu contains one variety of rice — sambar rice, coconut rice, pudina rice, lemon rice or tamarind rice with pickles — and 300 ml of water bottle. After Tikkam Raj and his men have prepared the food, around 30 volunteers, mostly youngsters, help in delivering the food packets to the needy across Chennai. “We started the initiative on May 16 with only 250 food packets being made in one day, and have managed to scale it up to 2,500 food packets a day. It is noteworthy that Tarun and his team had carried a free food distribution exercise during 2015 Chennai floods, when they prepared around 12,000 food packets every day.

Source: The Hindu May 29, 2021 06:27 UTC