Annapurna Meal centres in Hyderabad to have sitting areas, tables
Hyderabad: The Rs.5 Annapurna Meal Scheme is augmenting its facilities in the city, with seating arrangements and tables being arranged at the Annapurna Centres across the GHMC limits. The additional facilities come in the wake of instructions from Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao. According to Urban Development Special Chief Secretary Arvind […]
Hyderabad: The Rs.5 Annapurna Meal Scheme is augmenting its facilities in the city, with seating arrangements and tables being arranged at the Annapurna Centres across the GHMC limits.
The additional facilities come in the wake of instructions from Municipal Administration and Urban Development Minister KT Rama Rao. According to Urban Development Special Chief Secretary Arvind Kumar, the Minister had advised that ‘sitting arenas / tables should be arranged for Annapurna centres wherever possible in the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation limits’.
“About 12 locations, using adjacent public space have/ shortly going to have these arrangements and more are in offing,” Arvind Kumar tweeted on Saturday.
The GHMC, which runs the scheme, one of the biggest public feeding programmes in the country, had initiated such arrangements to serve meals in a much more welcoming ambience in the Kukatpally Zone last month, by renovating the centre opposite the GHMC Zonal office with seating arrangements, apart from roofs to keep the rains out during monsoon and the hot sun away during summer. Colourful interiors, comfortable seating arrangements, proper ventilation and colorful boards at the entrance welcoming customers were put in place.
The Rs.5 meals comprise freshly and hygienically cooked rice, vegetable curry, sambar and pickles and are served by the GHMC in association with the Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Trust. The GHMC, following instructions from Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao, had offered the food twice a day, that too for free, during the lockdown last year and this year as well. More than five crore meals were served across the State during the lockdown in 2020, with the initiative winning praise even from UNESCO.
Currently, there are about 200 Annapurna canteens in the GHMC limits, with over 60,000 people, mostly the poor on the streets and daily wage labourers, relishing the affordable hot meals every day.
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