Indira Amma Bhojanalaya is going to serve popular traditional dish of Uttarakhand Arsa’ this Diwali. Raj lakshmi, the self -help group, is now not just running the State government-sponsored subsidized canteen but is engaged in promoting the traditional food of Uttarakhand.
On Monday, management of the canteen prepared the traditional sweet as sample which they will be distributing with the thali to the people coming over there. Also they will be making the Arsas for the festival. Also one can order this traditional dish to be gifted to their near and dear ones for the upcoming festival.
Canteen has started with the packed lunch service and the registration for the home delivery food service will start from November 9, to mark the foundation day of Uttarakhand, said Puja Dwivedi who is managing the canteen on behalf of the SHG, adding that the delivery of lunch would start onNovember 19 on the occasion of Indira Gandhi’s birth anniversary.
She said that Indira Amma canteens would open in all the 13 districts of the State in the coming days. “Soon, members of a self- help group from Nainital will come to our canteen to learn and get the managing guidance from our staff,” she said.
As the canteen has extended, making it difficult to monitor things CCTV camera will be installed soon, she informed. Speakers would be there all over the canteen so that she could instruct others, she added.
“Quality of the food being appreciated by the people, many are demanding for the dinner also. However, ours being an all-women unit, we cannot serve the dinner as it would be difficult for us to get back home,” she said.
“We faced problems when the canteen was shut for a few days because of the extension work. We were left with no choice but to eat at some other places. It impacted our pockets as the meals there cost us much more,” said Nisha, who works in the subway near Clock Tower.