Hyderabad: Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy has announced the release of Rs 60 crore from the Chief Minister’s Relief Fund (CMRF) to meet the emergency needs of the BC, SC, ST and minority welfare hostels across the state. The funds are going to be used towards diet charges in the hostels, release of temporary staff salaries, motor repairs, and emergency works in the residential hostels. At a high-level review of all welfare departments on Monday, the Chief Minister handed over the cheques for Rs 60 crore to the senior officers of the respective departments. The Chief Minister ordered the authorities to arrange for using facial recognition technology to keep tabs on the students, teaching and non-teaching staff staying in every hostel.

An official app would be developed to help monitor the

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