Times of India | Feb 14, 2012, 06.51AM IST — BELLARY: The newly started Vijayanagara Krishnadevaraya University, Bellary, has entered into a MoU with the Akshaya Patra Foundation to provide hygienic and nutritious mid-day meals on its campus.
The programme was launched on Monday. Iskcon has similar facilities in Bangalore University and Karnatak University, Dharwad. Students are to bear a cost of Rs 5; the rest will be paid by the university. But teachers and other faculty members are to pay Rs 10. The university administration has paid Rs 1.45 lakh to Iskcon. Prof Manjappa Hegde Hosamani, vice-chancellor of the university, informed TOI said that the facility was introduced keeping in mind poor students from surrounding rural areas.
Most of them would skip the afternoon meal for want of good and affordable eateries or hostel mess. The response on the first day was tremendous, he said. Sai Reddy, a student on the campus, told TOI the food was hot and fresh – complete with a piece of sweet. The facility will save him Rs 300-400 a month.Iskcon has a state-of-the-art kitchen at Toranagal, near Jindal Steel Works, 38 km from Bellary, that provides mid-day meals to about 1.35 lakh primary and high school students in the district. It plans to open a kitchen in Bellary city soon to cater to the growing needs of the district.
source: TOI
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