State Finance Minister Dr. Rameshwar Oraon on Sunday inaugurated the centralized kitchen built under CSR item of Hindalco Industries Limited at Lohardaga Cheeri village. On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner of Lohardaga Dr. Waghmare Krishna Prasad, Superintendent of Police R Ramkumar, SDO Arvind Lal, District Education Superintendent Aparupa Chodhari Bkejha of Hindalco, Vinodanand Thakur, CSR chief Neeraj Kumar among others were present.
On the occasion, Finance Minister Dr. Rameshwar Oraon congratulated Hindalco President BK Jha for playing an important role in making centralized kitchen. He also congratulated Sanjay Tikku, President of Anamrita Foundation.
Deputy Commissioner Baghmare Prasad said that this is the second place in Jharkhand where this centralized kitchen has been constructed, the contribution of all of you who have reached this point in this is commendable, saying that nutritious food will keep the children healthy and fit as well as good. Being healthy is also very important for getting education. Superintendent of Police R Ramkumar shared his experience on Mid Day Meal.
Hindalco President BK Jha said that the sealed centralized kitchen will provide nutritious food to 40,000 children every day. In which almost all the blocks of Lohardaga district and Ghaghra block of Gumla district will get this facility. He said that Hindalco has always been working for the society under CSR. He said that better work has also been done on sustainability, which has emerged as a model in the current times. He said that Hindalco will also open a hospital soon, for which land has been taken. In the program, Amrita Foundation director Sanjit Sharma, BJP leader Praveen Kumar Singh, Om Prakash Singh, MP representative Ashok Yadav, MLA representative Nishith Jaiswal and Lok Sabha MP representative Chandrashekhar Agarwal, Kudu police station in-charge Abhinav Kumar, Chiri Mukhiya, including many officials of Hindalco schools. Apart from the teachers, students and villagers, computer operators working in the mid-day meal of all the seven blocks were present.