Mangaluru: The first hobli degree Indira Canteen in the state might be inaugurated near Thokkottu bus stand in Mangaluru meeting constituency limits on Thursday.
Minister for meals and civil provides and client affairs U T Khader, who may be the MLA for this constituency, mentioned he'll commit this facility to the public. All Indira canteens in the state operational up to now are in the district headquarters and Thokkottu is an exception to this norm, he mentioned.
Khader mentioned plans are afoot to change the timings of the canteen from present 8am to 10am to 7am to 9.30am. This is being done to help labourers, day by day salary earners who are required to reach their paintings puts early, he mentioned, including timings for lunch and dinner served on the canteen will remain unchanged. Pickle and boiled rice has been added to the afternoon menu in accordance with public feedback for canteens in the city, he mentioned.
The canteens will proceed meting out 500 meals tokens for each and every of the 3 servings all through the day, Khader mentioned including footfalls on the canteens in the city barring the power at Urwa Store that also properties the grasp kitchen, are in sync with tokens distributed. The committee headed through DC S Sasikanth Senthil will take a decision on editing the menu as according to native demands and the same might be cleared through the high powered committee in Bengaluru, Khader added.
On the future of those canteens in case the Congress does not come to power, Khader mentioned this being a central authority programme, will proceed irrespective of the birthday party that laws the state. “We persevered the Vajpayee Arogya Shree programme started through the previous government and went on to broadbase and enforce it pan-Karnataka,” Khader mentioned, including the thrust of these canteens is to supply affordable way to people from economically backward strata of society.
Minister for meals and civil provides and client affairs U T Khader, who may be the MLA for this constituency, mentioned he'll commit this facility to the public. All Indira canteens in the state operational up to now are in the district headquarters and Thokkottu is an exception to this norm, he mentioned.
Khader mentioned plans are afoot to change the timings of the canteen from present 8am to 10am to 7am to 9.30am. This is being done to help labourers, day by day salary earners who are required to reach their paintings puts early, he mentioned, including timings for lunch and dinner served on the canteen will remain unchanged. Pickle and boiled rice has been added to the afternoon menu in accordance with public feedback for canteens in the city, he mentioned.
The canteens will proceed meting out 500 meals tokens for each and every of the 3 servings all through the day, Khader mentioned including footfalls on the canteens in the city barring the power at Urwa Store that also properties the grasp kitchen, are in sync with tokens distributed. The committee headed through DC S Sasikanth Senthil will take a decision on editing the menu as according to native demands and the same might be cleared through the high powered committee in Bengaluru, Khader added.
On the future of those canteens in case the Congress does not come to power, Khader mentioned this being a central authority programme, will proceed irrespective of the birthday party that laws the state. “We persevered the Vajpayee Arogya Shree programme started through the previous government and went on to broadbase and enforce it pan-Karnataka,” Khader mentioned, including the thrust of these canteens is to supply affordable way to people from economically backward strata of society.
Indira Canteen to open at Thokkottu today
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