Providing ‘food for all’, the Nawanshahr city administration on Monday launched ‘Saanjhi Rasoi’ aiming at providing meal to adults at Rs 10 while keeping it free for children.
The project, brainchild of local district administration, aimed at serving the poor and the needy with the help of social organisations and philanthropists.
The Saanjhi Rasoi was launched at the Suvidha Canteen in the DC Complex on the occasion of labour Day.
A ‘thali’, comprising a bowl of lentil and four chapattis, would be provided at Rs 10 to adults, while it would be free for children under the age of 10 years, said Nawanshahr Deputy Commissioner (DC) Sonali Giri.
The meals would be provided from 12 noon to 3 pm daily.
Both the Congress MlAs representing the district — Angad Singh and Darshan lal Mangupur — who also partook the meals along with Giri on the occasion, lauded the initiative of the district administration.
Giri said: “In the initial, conceptual stages of the project, I was worried about source of the finances for the project but response from the social organisations and philanthropists encouraged me to go ahead with it and the response of the public today has convinced me that it is going to be a run-away success.”
Over 200 ‘thalis' were ordered and more than Rs 4,000 were collected on the first day today, she said, adding that the project would be reviewed after a fortnight. Deputy Medical Commissioner Dr Dyal Saroop said that the health authorities would keep a tab on the served food by ensuring its regular sampling from time to time.