Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Shivraj Singh Chouhan will inaugurate the state's biggest kitchen of Akshaya Patra Foundation in Tehsil Kolar (near Shahpura Police Station) in Bhopal on Wednesday, January 25, 2023.
Under the PM nutrition program, 50000 school students will be served daily mid-day meal from the said kitchen. State's Panchayat Raj Minister Mahendra Singh Sisodia, School Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar, Vishwas Sarang, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur MP Bhopal, Krishna Gaur, MLA Govindpura, Rameshwar Sharma as special guests in the program.
It will be presided over by Chanchalapati Das, Vice Chairman of Akshaya Patra Foundation and Ravi Jhunjhunwala, Chairman and Managing Director of HEG Limited.
On this occasion, National President (Operations and Projects) of the Foundation Bharatarshabh Das, Executive Director of HEG Manish Gulati will also be present.
The National President of the Foundation Bharatarshabh Das said that no child in the country should be deprived of education due to hunger, keeping this goal in mind, the Foundation is working. This will be the 66th kitchen of the Foundation across the country.
Through this kitchen, 50000 government school children will be provided mid-day meal daily. Akshaya Patra will provide food to 22 lakh students every day in more than 20 thousand schools of 15 states across the country as soon as its Bhopal kitchen.
HEG Ltd has sponsored Akshaya Patra Bhopal and spent Rs 12 crore for the construction of the kitchen. and will spend an amount of Rs 7.5 crore on food every year.