Amma Canteens to go mobile
Posted on: 21/Aug/2013 11:35:22 AM
Amma Canteen is a great boon to slum residents, daily-wage labourers, drivers, load men and migrant workers. All thanks goes to the Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu J Jayalalithaa because she is one who initiated this idea. The first such canteen was inaugurated by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa six months ago. The canteens offer idli for a rupee, sambar rice, curry-leaf rice, pongal and lemon rice at Rs. 5 and curd rice at Rs. 3.
It has been decided to open 1000 such outlets by end of the year. Following the inability of the Chennai Corporation to find enough plots or vacant space in buildings for commissioning additional Amma canteens, the civic body has asked councillors to use ward development funds for commissioning mobile Amma canteens.
Councillors had been asked to identify space for an additional four canteens in each ward to achieve the target of 1,000 Amma food outlets in the city by year end. However, most of the councillors said they were unable to find suitable plots for Amma canteens in their wards.
Under the circumstances, the civic body gave councillors the option to commission mobile canteens. Each ward has one Amma canteen in each of the 200 wards.
