Soon they were distributed free 2 kg rice, 2 kg jaggery and 1 kg oil to prepare kajjaya, the sweet which is a must for deepawali.
In 45 minutes around 2000 had received the gifts from trader Venkatesh.
Though coupons were distributed the previous day, many came without the coupon and they were also given the free gifts.
This is the fifth time that Venkatesh is distributing free gifts to people.
“ Usually I give crackers. But this time I thought it would be better to give food materials.”, he said.
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