Centralised Community Kitchen In Suryapet To Be Operational Within 100 Days
A centralised kitchen in Suryapet is being built to supply nutritious meals to nearly 60,000 students across 1,029 government institutions.
A massive centralized community kitchen capable of preparing and supplying nutritious meals to nearly 60,000 students every day is being set up at Syedmujavarpet in Munagala mandal of Suryapet district.
Efforts are under way to make the facility operational within the next 100 days.
The Singareni Collieries Company (SCCL) has contributed `9.6 crore towards the project, which is being implemented with support from the Hari Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation (HKMCF).
Envisaged as an ultra-modern, world-class facility, the kitchen will serve around 1,029 government schools and junior colleges. The scale and coverage of the project make it a unique student-nutrition initiative.
Designed for large-volume food preparation, the kitchen will integrate cooking, quality control, packing and dispatch with a carefully planned distribution network. Hygiene, food safety, nutritional value and timely delivery will form the core of its operations.
Irrigation minister Uttam Kumar Reddy is closely monitoring the project and coordinating matters with SCCL, HKMCF, the district administrations and various departments.
Suryapet collector Tejas Pawar said the plan is to operationalise the scheme within 100 days.
The project is unique in scale. Since civil works are involved, the immediate focus is on completing the structure and putting the necessary infrastructure in place. The operating and transportation systems are being planned simultaneously so that freshly prepared food can reach institutions across the service area safely and on schedule.
Cooking timelines, packing arrangements, delivery routes and institutional requirements will be synchronized before the kitchen becomes operational, the collector said.
The project’s reach would extend beyond Suryapet district. Nalgonda collector Chandrasekhar said 131 government educational institutions in Nakrekal, Sali Gouraram, Kethepally and Vemulapally mandals would be served by the Syedmujavarpet kitchen.
These institutions together have 7,972 students.
The collector said the centralised system would help maintain uniform standards of hygiene, nutrition, food safety and quality. Detailed route planning and interdepartmental coordination would be undertaken to ensure reliable daily distribution to every institution.
Sri Satya Doura Chandra Dasa, president of the Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation (HKMCF) and regional president of the Akshaya Patra Foundation said, “We would extend our best support to reach out to rural students in extending nutritious food, enabling them to fare well in their studies.”
Uttam Kumar Reddy thanked SCCL for contributing `9.6 crore under its corporate social responsibility programme. He said the initiative demonstrated how public-sector organisations could create lasting community assets and directly improve children’s health and educational participation.
Once operational, the Madhavaram facility is expected to emerge as a model centralised kitchen, delivering nutritious food to thousands of students across Suryapet and adjoining areas of Nalgonda every school day.