Revanth Reddy releases Rs 60 crore from CMRF for welfare hostels

Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy released Rs 60 crore from CMRF to meet emergency needs in BC, SC, ST, and Minority welfare hostels. The funds will be used for diet, staff salaries, motor repairs, and more. New measures include facial recognition and food quality monitoring

Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy released Rs 60 crore from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) to address the emergency needs of BC, SC, ST, and Minority welfare hostels in the State.

The funds will be used for diet charges in the hostels, release of temporary staff salaries, motor repairs, and other emergency works in the residential hostels. During a review meeting on Monday, the Chief Minister asked officials to arrange for facial recognition of students, teaching, and non-teaching staff in every hostel.

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The Chief Minister also instructed officials to develop an app to monitor and track the quality of food provided to students regularly. Additionally, the officials were ordered to organize medical camps in the hostels and ensure the availability of doctors during emergencies. “A hotline should be established to ensure doctors are available online 24 hours a day,” the Chief Minister added.