Maharashtra to start out 4 centralised kitchens and 13 semi-centralised kitchens to offer good high quality breakfast, lunch and dinner to be served to over 2 lakh kids finding out in 497 ashram shalas that are residential faculties for tribal kids within the state.
As per the present apply, underneath the built-in tribal growth tasks, a centralised kitchen is operating in 5 locations – Dahanu, Nashik, Jawhar, Nandurbar and Ghodegaon. A complete of 78,000 kids from ashram shalas operating in these areas are served breakfast, lunch and dinner together with snacks, each day, by means of the centralised kitchen. Nonetheless, in all different residential faculties for tribal kids, meals is ready of their premises by a prepare dinner and dry ration is equipped by the federal government.
“A centralised kitchen ensures commonplace high quality meals. If meals is ready individually by faculties on their very own premises, each day, it will be troublesome to maintain a top quality verify. A centralised kitchen ensures a top quality verify on meals served in ashram shalas. The centralised kitchen system in 5 locations has proven constructive outcomes,” mentioned an official from the tribal growth division from Maharashtra. A Authorities Decision (GR) has been issued on the formation of a six-member committee that would be the remaining authority on creating plans for such kitchens, required gear and tenders to obtain them amongst all.
Whereas the centralised kitchen system is predicted to convey commonplace high quality in meals, the head-master from a faculty in Palghar district, mentioned, “It is going to additionally relieve us as heads of the faculties from the duty of cooking, serving meals and in addition taking good care of the dry ration. With a centralised kitchen taking over duty for meals served in ashram shalas, we can give attention to lecturers.”
In accordance with the GR, 4 centralised kitchens are developing, one every in Dhule and Shapur, and two in Kalwan, and 13 semi-centralised kitchens are unfold throughout built-in tribal growth tasks in areas akin to Taloda, Rajul, Yaval, Dharni and Kinvat.