TDP leader Paritala Sriram distributing hearing aids to the needy under the ‘Deaf Free Bharat’ initiative, at Ramagiri mandal headquarters in Anantapur district on Thursday.

Hearing aids were distributed free of cost to the needy by the Deen Dayal Sravana Foundation and National Health Mission under the ‘Deaf Free Bharat’ initiative. The aids were distributed to 260 needy persons at a programme organised in the indoor stadium in Ramagiri mandal headquarters on Thursday.

Hearing aids worth 40 lakh were distributed to the needy with the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds of Solar Energy Corporation Limited (SECI). TDP leader Paritala Sriram distributed the aids to the needy people. Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Sriram said that Raptadu MLA Paritala Sunitha has given a call to make Raptadu Assembly constituency a deaf-free one and the hearing aids will be distributed on Friday and Saturday also.

Deen Dayal Sravana Foundation chairman Regula Ramanjaneyulu said that they will make all-out efforts to make Raptadu constituency deaf-free and the country also by 2047.