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Madhu Kandoi, founder of Khichdi Khichri, has added 30 types of khichdi to the menu in the last five years.

Head constable of Parvatipuram town police station in Srikakulam, Andhra Pradesh, K Krishna Murthy has been helping the elderly and poor people for the past three years. He provides medicines, clothes and food to them every month.

Walking in the footsteps of his late father, O. A. Nazar and his brother, Shamsudheen, provide 10 free meals a day to the needy from their tea stall in Kerala.

'Haqdarshak' appoints local women in villages who go door-to-door and help people apply for government schemes that cover areas like education, housing, health, employment, small businesses and the recently included COVID-19 related benefits.

But besides his everyday journeys as a taxi driver, Reji has been taking time off to help the underprivileged in the Travancore area for the past 25 years.

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The images of the migrant workers and the needy, left a deep imprint on Amritesh. “All the pictures we saw of people walking without any access to food was one of the triggers that led us to brainstorm on how we can help.”

Apart from starting a fundraising campaign for the needy, Dr Megha Bhargava has also donated 2000+ bottles of hand sanitisers to Mumbai and Gujarat Police amidst the lockdown.

“We conducted a bit of research to narrow in on the hospital that had the most needy people. And once we found it, we started going there regularly.”

With winter almost setting in and temperatures dropping, the drive undertaken by Bengaluru citizens can be replicated across the country to ensure children, women, elderly do not fall sick from extreme cold.