Suryapet kitchen planned to provide meals for 60,000 students daily

A centralised community kitchen under construction in Syedmujavarpet, Telangana, is being developed to prepare and distribute meals to nearly 60,000 students each day. The facility, located in Munagala mandal of Suryapet district, is intended to serve about 1,029 government schools and junior colleges. Officials are working to make it operational within 100 days.

Singareni Collieries Company Limited has contributed ₹9.6 crore to the project under its corporate social responsibility programme. The facility is being implemented with support from the Hari Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation. The kitchen has been designed for large-scale food preparation, quality control, packing and dispatch.

Its operations are expected to focus on hygiene, food safety, nutritional value and timely delivery. Suryapet District Collector Tejas Nandlal Pawar said civil works and the installation of necessary infrastructure were the immediate priorities. Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies Minister N.

Uttam Kumar Reddy is monitoring the project and coordinating with the organisations, district administrations and departments involved. The kitchen will also supply 131 government educational institutions in four mandals of neighbouring Nalgonda district: Nakrekal, Sali Gouraram, Kethepally and Vemulapally. Those institutions have 7,972 students, according to Nalgonda District Collector B.

Chandrasekhar. Chandrasekhar said centralised preparation could help maintain consistent standards for hygiene, nutrition, food safety and quality. He added that route planning and coordination between departments would be needed to ensure dependable daily distribution.

Sri Satya Doura Chandra Dasa of the foundation said the organisation aimed to extend nutritious food to rural students and support their studies. Reddy said the project showed how public-sector organisations could create community assets benefiting children’s health and educational participation.