HKMCF’s centralized community kitchen inaugurated

Metro India News | MANTHANI

The Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation India's (HKMCF India) state-of-the-art centralized community kitchen was inaugurated on Monday by Minister for Information Technology, Electronics & Communications, Industries & Commerce and Legislative Affairs Duddila Sridhar Babu, who was the Chief Guest for the event, at Manthani in Peddapalli district to provide nutritious breakfast to government school children. HKMCF India is the implementing partner of the Government of Telangana for the implementation of the Telangana School Breakfast Program.

This initiative will benefit approximately 40,052 students from 694 Government Schools. The inauguration ceremony was graced also graced by His Grace Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa Swamiji, President, Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation India (HKMCF India) and Regional President, The Akshaya Patra Foundation (Telangana & Andhra Pradesh), besides public representatives, eminent dignitaries, special guests, patrons, officials and HKMCF India functionaries. 

The Centralized Community houses high-capacity automated steamers capable of preparing 5400 idlis per hour, a specially designed automatic dosa-making machine capable of producing 2000 dosas per hour, and a fully automatic puri-making machine with a production capacity of 3000 puris per hour. The kitchen is also equipped with automated sambar cauldrons and curry-making equipments capable of preparing sambar and curry for 5,000 students within two hours.

Minister Sridhar Babu commended HKMCF as the government's trusted implementing partner for the school breakfast program and acknowledged the CSR contribution of Singareni Collieries Company Limited in providing state-of-the-art machinery and equipment for this kitchen. His Grace Sri Satya Gaura Chandra Dasa President, Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation India and Regional President, The Akshaya Patra Foundation (TG & AP) mentioned that Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation has in tie-up with various government departments and expressed his gratitude to Chief Minister Revanth Reddy for his commitment to the welfare of government school children.