Atal canteens to serve 1,000 meals daily at ₹5 each: CMO

New Delhi

A full of 1,000 meals costing ₹5 each volition beryllium served each time astatine 100 Atal canteens being acceptable up by the Delhi government, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said connected Friday.

In her archetypal fund code successful March, Chief Minister Rekha Gupta had earmarked ₹100 crore for establishing specified canteens. Ms. Gupta said connected Friday that locations for each 100 Atal canteens person already been identified and asserted that they volition beryllium inaugurated connected the commencement day of erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee connected December 25.

The work for moving these centres volition beryllium assigned to selected organisations, she said, adding that the authorities volition supply subsidies to guarantee repast quality.

“An inter-departmental committee has already approved recommendations connected tract selection, menu, organisation system, and absorption framework. The paper volition include dal-chawal (lentils and rice), vegetables, and roti (bread). Each centre volition service 500 meals successful the greeting and 500 successful the evening,” Ms. Gupta said.