A society formed under the district panchayat for offering assistance to people suffering from kidney diseases will expand its activities for raising funds from the public.

The society that has been formed to spearhead the Sneha Jyothi scheme of the district panchayat to offer assistance to renal patients will install donation boxes at the local bodies, hospitals, and schools as part of mobilising funds for the scheme.

A meeting of the society presided over by district panchayat president K.A. Sarala here on Tuesday decided to convene a meeting of the representatives of co-operative institutions, nationalised banks, and voluntary organisations for finding sponsors for the scheme.

The Kudumbasree Mission in the district had earlier handed over Rs.60 lakh it had collected for the scheme.

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