Amma Unavagam lends helping hand to destitute during lockdown

The Tamil Nadu government has imposed new lockdown rules in view of the surge in cases of COVID19. With ‘complete lockdown’ on Sundays even roadside restaurants, tea shops and petty shops were closed with only parcels being delivered only to those who had booked through apps. Earlier, the Amma Unavagams dotting the state had greatly helped the helpless, poor and simple people to get their meals.

In Trichy, Amma Restaurants are operating at 11 locations including Srirangam Amma Mandapam Road, Srirangam Government Hospital Complex, John Bazaar, EP Road, Marakkadai Kuppankulam, Ariyamangalam Jehanathapuram, Kalkandarkottai, Junction Rockins Road, Tennur Anna Nagar Farmers Market, Puthur Evera Road, Uraiyur Road. .

Amma Unavagam serve three meals a day – breakfast, lunch and dinner at subsidized rates. They have been helpful for travellers, migrant workers, poor and other daily wage labourers.

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