Ahara Kendra Deogarh

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AAHAR KENDRA DEOGARHBy Manna trustThe cooked hot foods are being provided to the beneficiaries at an affordable cost of Rs 5 per meal from 11 am to 3 pm each day, except Sunday. The actual cost of the food is Rs. 20 .The remaining cost of a meal i.e. Rs. 15 is being met by support from CSR, local donation, charity, CMRF etc. Around 67,000 needy poor people are getting the benefits daily in the state. Beneficiaries mostly include patients, attendants of patients, construction workers, labourers, rickshaw pullers, auto drivers, street children, needy students, destitute, rag pickers, etc.IntroductionAahaar program was launched on 1st April 2015 in Odisha. Housing and Urban Development Department is the nodal department to implement the Aahaar program in the State. The objective of the program is to provide cooked hot meals steamed rice and dalma to the poor and needy people at the cost of Rs. 5 at places of public congregations in the urban areas. The program was piloted in five Municipal Corporations viz. Bhubaneswar, Cuttack, Berhampur, Sambalpur and Rourkela with 21 Aahaar centres. Shri Naveen Patnaik, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Odisha dedicated 100 Aahaar centres to the poor and needy people of the State on 14th April 2016. Currently 110 centres are operational across 30 districts of Odisha covering 73 towns. Aahaar outlets are mostly opened at hospitals and near bus stands, railway stations, Courts, Collectorates, etc.Services and BeneficiariesThe cooked hot foods are being provided to the beneficiaries at an affordable cost of Rs 5 per meal from 11 am to 3 pm each day, except Sunday. The actual cost of the food is Rs. 20 .The remaining cost of a meal i.e. Rs. 15 is being met by support from CSR, local donation, charity, CMRF etc. Around 67,000 needy poor people are getting the benefits daily in the state. Beneficiaries mostly include patients, attendants of patients, construction workers, labourers, rickshaw pullers, auto drivers, street children, needy students, destitute, rag pickers, etc.Implementing PartnersThe Scheme is being implemented with the support from fourteen implementing partners i.e. Touchstone Foundation a sister concern of Akshaya Patra Foundation, Manna Trust – a sister concern of Naandi Foundation, Jana Kalyana Parisad Balasore, Neighbour Bhadrak, Gram Uthan Kendrapada, Abhijit Sahayog Samiti Trust Paradeep, Pragati SHG Bolangir, Maa Baisnabi SHG Titlagarh, Maa Mangala SHG Phulbani, Arati SHG Malkangir, Nari Jagruti SHG Balimela, Sonepur District Rice Miller Association, National Institute of Professional Studies Anandpur and Rotary Club Nayagarh. Providing good quality food, maintaining hygiene, cleanliness, etc. are the major focus of the program, for which all staffs associated with this program are being trained by the implementing agencies and H&UD Department.

Good food