Two initiatives to spread the Christmas cheer
The Hindu
Hospital staff will serve an extra meal for every order placed with them; and volunteers will wrap toys for distribution
The staff and management at CURI Hospital on Rajiv Gandhi Salai are getting ready for a busy week. They are going to spend some extra hours, beyond the regular hospital work, to spread the Christmas cheer by delivering special meals cooked from the hospital canteen.
For the second year, the team lead by chefs Sathish, Partha and Somnath and dietician Vidya and Sivasankari are going to cook an extra meal for every order placed with them.
“Order your Christmas lunch and we will deliver with it lunch for another family. It could be your maid, driver, iron man or the lady selling vegetables in the corner,” reads a note circulated on WhatsApp.
The election authorities are gearing up for the counting of votes cast in the simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh, scheduled to be held on June 4. The Collectors and Election Officers of Visakhapatnam, Anakapalli and Alluri Sitharama Raju (ASR) districts said on May 23 (Thursday) that their teams were ready for the counting of votes.
Responding to the prolonged water scarcity, the residents of the area took to the streets in protest on Wednesday. The protest, which drew attention to their plight, stopped only after the intervention of the police. It was not until 1.30 p.m. that a 4000-litre tanker was finally delivered by BWSSB, providing relief to the water-starved residents.