Mega Kitchen to Serve Hygienic Mid-day Meal to 50,000 Govt School Students-Education News

To serve hygienic mid-day meal to at least 50,000 students of government schools in Jharkhand’s Ramgarh district a mega centralised kitchen is being set up at Keitha village, an official said.

The foundation stone of the mega kitchen was laid by Hazaribag MP Jayant Sinha on Sunday. The kitchen is being set up by Bengaluru-based non-profit organisation Akshay Patra Foundation (APF) with financial help of Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) and Ramgarh district administration, an official said. Sinha, who is also chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on finance, said that the kitchen is coming up on 2.5 acres of land at Keitha village along NH-33 in Ramgarh town, some 60-km from state capital Ranchi. ”The centralised hi-tech kitchen aims to provide fresh and hygienic mid-day meal to students, which will help fight malnutrition in underprivileged children and increase attendance,” he said. CCL has provided Rs 15 crore for construction of the kitchen building. ”CCL has also sanctioned Rs 7 crore under corporate social responsibility (CSR) for operation of the kitchen for three years,” said Balakrishna, CCL General Manager (Welfare).

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