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Anna Canteens to be launched by June 2 all over the state
The much-awaited launch of Anna Canteens is expected to be launched by June 2 in Ongole along with other municipalities in the state. The government is yet to take a decision on the Akshayapatra Foundation, which has shown interest to provide tasty meals to the public.
Ongole: The much-awaited launch of Anna Canteens is expected to be launched by June 2 in Ongole along with other municipalities in the state. The government is yet to take a decision on the Akshayapatra Foundation, which has shown interest to provide tasty meals to the public. In many urban local bodies, the tenders which were submitted for the construction of Anna Canteens will be opened on Saturday.
The Telugu Desam government in the state had announced the setting up of Anna Canteens long ago, but the finalisation of the menu, agencies and financial elements like subsidy have been pending since then. In the meantime, the Telangana government has introduced budget canteens in Hyderabad in partnership with Akshayapatra Foundation and named them as Annapurna canteens.
After Mangalagiri MLA Ramakrishna announced a budget canteen, the government decided to push the Anna Canteens file and sent a group of municipal commissioners to Chennai and Hyderabad to know the modalities and maintenance details of the budget canteens. The commissioners have submitted the report to the Chief Minister long ago, with their suggestions.
The municipal commissioners suggested one Anna Canteen per every 50,000 population but the Chief Minister is interested in setting up one for every 35,000 people. The Akashyapatra Foundation spends Rs 23 per plate, while the GHMC provides Rs 18 subsidy. The Chennai municipal corporation is spending Rs. 128 crores as a subsidy but is requesting the state to share the burden.
As the Rajanna canteen at Mangalagiri has been running successful, the Giddalur YSRCP leader Kamuri Ramanareddy and Ongole MP YV Subbareddy inaugurated Rajanna Praja Bhojanasala last week. As the pressure is mounting on, the government asked the local bodies to complete the construction of buildings before it takes a decision on the agency.
Sankranti Venkata Krishna, Commissioner of Ongole Municipal Corporation said, ``We have finalised four places in Ongole to run the Anna Canteens. These canteens will be opened at Raitubazaar in Kothapatnam Bus stand area, Bapuji Market, New Vegetable Market and Kurnool Road Flyover area.
The agency which will be finalised by the government will supply food to these canteens from a centralised canteen in the town. The canteens will supply 3 idlies or upma or pongal for breakfast, 400 gm rice, pappu, curry, rasam and butter milk for lunch and 3 pulkas and curry for dinner at the cost just Rs 5.”
