Hyderabad, June 6 -- Telangana ministers and senior officials on Saturday, June 6, inspected arrangements at the Nampally Exhibition Grounds ahead of the annual fish prasadam distribution on June 8, with the government expecting large crowds from across the country for the event held on the occasion of Mrugasira Karthi.

State Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, who is the minister-in-charge for the event, reviewed distribution counters, queue lines and barricading at the venue alongside Fisheries Minister Vakiti Srihari, Rajya Sabha MP Anil Kumar Yadav and Fisheries Corporation Chairman Mettu Saikumar.

The distribution, which begins at 9 am on June 8 and will continue through June 9, involves the Bathini family's 176-yea...