Guwahati, June 15 (UNI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday performed Bhumi Pujan and laid the foundation for a Centralized Community Kitchen of Akshaya Patra Foundation at Dihing Khamti in Dibrugarh.
The Centralized Community Kitchen to be built for Rs. 25.45 crore, would provide cooked meals to more than one lakh school students. The project would provide mid- day meals to the students under Samagra Shiksha Mission and PM Poshan and is set to be completed in September next year. The project will have Staff Training Centre, administrative office along with other facilities.
In 2011-12 for the first time steps were taken for setting up of centralized community kitchen for preparing mid-day meal in Jalukbari. Thereafter, Guwahati East, Guwahati West and Dispur were included in the project. In 2022, the community kitchen of Akshaya Patra Foundation was inaugurated in Jorhat. The construction of the centralized community kitchen in Majuli is nearing completion.