In order to provide a nutritious meal to the weaker sections of the society, the North and South Corporations on Monday launched a scheme to provide a thaali for Rs 10 only. The thaali provided by North Corporation will have six puri-sabzi or chawal-kadhi through food kiosks. While the thaali offered by the SDMC will be comprised of a combination of puris, chapatis, rice, rajma, sabzi, chhole and halwa. The menu will change on alternate days. The facility will be available for sale between 11 am to 2 pm daily. The scheme was launched on the birth anniversary of the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
North Delhi Mayor Preety Aggarwal and BJP national vice-president Shyam Jaju launched the scheme at Shalimar Bagh on Monday. North corporation has started this facility at one kiosk as of now but it will be extended to all the 104 wards of the North Corporation, Aggarwal said.
South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) Mayor Kamaljeet Sehrawat along with leader of Opposition Ramesh Matiala launched the yojana from Matiala Chowk of Najafgarh zone. This scheme aimed at feeding the poor is likely to be extended in 104 wards of the SDMC, Sehrawat added.
According to the SDMC official, the scheme has been launched at five locations across four zones but later expended in all the 104 wards. "The facilities will now be available at Okhla Mandi, Matiala Chowk, Green Park/AIIMS, B-1 block old cloths market near Ghode Wala Mandir Raghubir Nagar, Kakraula More," he said.
Sehrawat said that the scheme is being implemented in a phased manner and will be expanded to other centres. She also said that the steps are being taken to extend the distribution time so that the beneficiaries can get dinner also by paying just Rs 10 for the full course meal.
Chairman of SDMC's Standing Committee Bhupender Gupta said, "We are keen to make available the food to the needy and poor of the economic weaker section families. The scheme has been named as 'Atal Rasoi Deendayal Aahar Kendra' by the North body and 'Atal Jan Aahar Yojana' by SDMC.