HYDERABAD: As the state is bracing up to witness the exodus of migrants with sympathy for their woes caused by the sudden nationwide lockdown, Sai Rama Devi, the principal district judge of Medak, Sangareddy and Siddipet districts came across a story of a family that embarked upon a marathon foot journey to their native place during the last week of March.
Sai Rama Devi is the chairperson of district legal services authority that can take up relief works. She spoke to the state legal services authority executive chairman Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and member secretary GV Subrahmanyam and conveyed her intent to do service to the poor during the lockdown. They immediately accorded their consent.
Subsequently, the Sangareddy court complex was converted into a feeding centre. She has been organising food camps from March 28. As the lockdown norms became stringent, it became difficult to find cooks for the job. She spoke to the Sangareddy prison authorities and ensured that the food gets prepared in the jail premises where cooks are available and transported to the court complex every afternoon. Hundreds of migrant labourers and local poor were fed everyday. She spoke to the district collector who ordered the officials to supply rice and groceries to the court on a cost-to-cost basis. AP Lokayukta Justice P Lakshmana Reddy and Justice Shameem Akther of Telangana high court, who heard about the humanitarian effort, came forward and made donations to the cause.
Several judicial officers and donors came forward to assist legal services authorities who took up this work and have continued it for the last six weeks. Apart from this, Sai Rama also organised a blood donation camp in the court premises for thalassemia patients. She also ensured that food was supplied to children homes and orphanages in the district that are running out of rice and groceries. Rice and grocery packets were also distributed to several advocate clerks and poor advocates with help of donations made by judicial employees.
Sai Rama Devi is the chairperson of district legal services authority that can take up relief works. She spoke to the state legal services authority executive chairman Justice MS Ramachandra Rao and member secretary GV Subrahmanyam and conveyed her intent to do service to the poor during the lockdown. They immediately accorded their consent.
Subsequently, the Sangareddy court complex was converted into a feeding centre. She has been organising food camps from March 28. As the lockdown norms became stringent, it became difficult to find cooks for the job. She spoke to the Sangareddy prison authorities and ensured that the food gets prepared in the jail premises where cooks are available and transported to the court complex every afternoon. Hundreds of migrant labourers and local poor were fed everyday. She spoke to the district collector who ordered the officials to supply rice and groceries to the court on a cost-to-cost basis. AP Lokayukta Justice P Lakshmana Reddy and Justice Shameem Akther of Telangana high court, who heard about the humanitarian effort, came forward and made donations to the cause.
Several judicial officers and donors came forward to assist legal services authorities who took up this work and have continued it for the last six weeks. Apart from this, Sai Rama also organised a blood donation camp in the court premises for thalassemia patients. She also ensured that food was supplied to children homes and orphanages in the district that are running out of rice and groceries. Rice and grocery packets were also distributed to several advocate clerks and poor advocates with help of donations made by judicial employees.
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