Bhatti Vikram Arka Lays Stone For Community Kitchen In Surya pet District
Referring to statements by BRS leaders that their party would soon return to power: Reports
NALGONDA: Deputy Chief Minister Mallu Bhatti Vikramarka has said welfare schemes are not freebies but investments aimed at improving the financial condition of poor families and enabling them to contribute more to the state’s development.
He was speaking at Munagala in Suryapet district, where he laid the foundation for a state-of-the-art community kitchen along with irrigation minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy on Tuesday. The centralised kitchen is being supported with a `9.60-crore contribution from the Singareni Collieries.
Bhatti Vikramarka said the government was making investments in education and student welfare, with a focus on nutrition, quality schooling and modern infrastructure for children from rural and economically weaker families.
The community kitchen, he said, would provide breakfast daily to nearly 60,000 students studying in 1,029 government schools and junior colleges across the district.
Bhatti Vikramarka rejected the criticism by BRS leaders that welfare schemes would make people dependent. Every government measure should contribute to people’s development and welfare schemes should be viewed as investments in the financial development of poor families.
Referring to statements by BRS leaders that their party would soon return to power, he questioned whether they intended to stop schemes introduced by the Congress government, including free travel for women in TG-SRTC buses, free electricity for domestic connections up to 200 units and fine rice for ration cardholders.
He alleged that the BRS government had pushed Telangana into debt during its 10-year tenure despite the state being among the richest in the country.
Bhatti Vikramarka said the Indiramma Bheema insurance scheme, with coverage of `5 lakh for every family, would be launched on the occasion of Indira Gandhi Jayanthi. Every family would be covere
The government, he said, is focusing on providing adequate and nutritious food to children from an early age, stressing that nutrition was an essential complement to classroom education
Uttam Kumar said the Munagala community kitchen would provide nutritious breakfast to around 60,000 students every day. The number of beneficiaries is expected to increase in future. Students would receive breakfast along with milk and ragi porridge.
The kitchen would have modern facilities and an integrated system for food preparation, packing, transportation and distribution, with emphasis on food quality, nutritional value, hygiene and safe handling, he said.
The two ministers inspected the construction of the `200-crore Young India Integrated Residential School at Gaddipalli and reviewed the progress of works.
Bhatti Vikramarka directed officials and the executing agency to prepare a detailed week-wise construction calendar and complete the school building before the next academic year so that admissions could begin as planned. He directed the district administration to closely monitor progress against the construction schedule.
The ministers also inspected the Pulichinthala project in Chinthalapalem mandal and held a review meeting with TSGENCO officials
Kodad MLA Padmavathi Reddy, MLC Shankar Naik, collector Tejas Pawar, public representatives and senior officials participated in the programmes.
