'Aahar' - cheap meal at Rs 5 for Odisha government employees

The Odisha government would be extending its cheap meal scheme - Aahar - to all district headquarters. It will consist of rice and dalma (a combination of dal and vegetables) and will be launched on March 5 to coincide with the birth centenary of Biju Patnaik, in whose name the ruling party has been founded.
This has been reported in telegraphindia.com dated 13 January 2016.

The scheme is, at present, being implemented in five cities - Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Sambalpur, Berhampur and Rourkela. Subsequently, it would be extended to include all the 103 urban local bodies in the state. AS per the scheme, the government is providing rice and dalma (a combination of dal and vegetables) at Rs 5 to more than 22,000 people at 21 centres in the five cities and, it plans to add nearly 30,000 meals at the 29 district headquarters.
Chief minister Naveen Patnaik has spoken to all the 30 district collectors through videoconferencing to give final shape to the populist scheme. The chief minister has directed the officials to get the Aahar kendras (cheap meal serving centers) ready by February 25. These should be complete in all respects with sheds, drinking water, sanitation, transport and training to the employees. A total of 57 centers would be set up in 29 districts (barring Sambalpur) across the state and these centers would serve 30,300 meals every day.

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