The Pioneer  13.10.2010

Staff Reporter | Bhopal

The long awaited Ram Roti Scheme, providing nutritious food at affordable prices to the urban poor, will be launched in four main cities of the State this November.
As part of the initiative, poor people staying at overnight shelters in Bhopal, Indore, Gwalior and Jabalpur will be provided full meals at a price of `5 only. The meals will include six rotis, vegetables, onion, pickle and green chillies.

Announcing the schedule for the launch of the welfare scheme, Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur on Monday said the scheme will commence in Bhopal on November 2, at Indore on November 3, and at Gwalior and Jabalpur on November 5.

He said there are four shelter homes each in Bhopal and Indore, while Gwalior and Jabalpur have two homes each.

In the State capital, the Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has authorised the Nandi Foundation to supply the food packets.

Arrangements have also been made in the other three cities to ensure that the poor get high quality, nutritious food at low price.

Gaur underlined that the scheme is being implemented in these cities on an experimental basis. Later, it will be implemented in all the 14 municipal corporations.

Ujjain will be the next city where the scheme will be implemented, he said.