Overview

• Governor Jishnu Dev Varma unveiled the programme on July 17 at Koheda mandal, invoking Gandhi’s principle of Gram Swaraj to stress village wellbeing.
• The Ponnam Sattaiah Charitable Trust funded the steel bank in memory of Minister Ponnam Prabhakar’s father with a Rs 2.5 crore endowment.
• Each kit contains essential items such as tiffin plates, water and tea glasses, cooking pots, buckets and spoons.
• The initiative will reach 276 women-led self-help groups across 164 villages in the Husnabad constituency to promote reusable alternatives at community events.
• Ministers Ponnam Prabhakar, Konda Surekha and SC Commission chairman Bakki Venkaiah joined the launch to underscore government and civil society collaboration.