Anna canteens in four dists soon

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Anna canteens in four dists soon, AP government on Sunday decided to open 35 ‘Anna canteens\' providing subsidised food for poor in Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Guntur and Anantapur districts on a pilot project soon.

Hyderabad: The AP government on Sunday decided to open 35 ‘Anna canteens' providing subsidised food for poor in Visakhapatnam, Tirupati, Guntur and Anantapur districts on a pilot project soon.

As per the initial plans, the scheme would provide nutritious food to 10,500 persons per day in the four districts at a cost of Rs 160 crore, a Minister said, adding that an official agency to take up the scheme would be finalised in the Cabinet meeting on Monday.

The Cabinet sub-committee on the canteens held a meeting here to finalise modalities for the implementation of the scheme. The committee members Civil Supplies Minister P Sunitha, Municipal Administration and Urban Development (MA and UD) Minister P Narayana and Agriculture Minister P Pulla Rao decided to take up the scheme in a phased manner across the State.

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