The Hindu 10.09.2013
Chapathis to be on menu of Amma canteens soon
Chapathis are likely to be a welcome addition to the
menus in the city’s Amma canteens later this month with the
commissioning of the first machine for their preparation under way in a
Corporation community kitchen in Gopalapuram.
The
trial run of the machine will commence this week and the inauguration of
the facility is expected to be held on September 15. The chapathis,
along with dal or kurma, will be served from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. in each of
the canteens. A plate of two chapathis will cost Rs. 3.
According
to sources, additional units of the equipment will be installed in the
community kitchens in Basin Bridge, Pulianthope and Chintadripet. The
commissioning of the equipment will enable a total supply of 4 lakh
chapathis a day with each of the machines churning out at least 36,000
chapathis. In comparison with the capability of the six women at work in
the Amma canteens, who can make only 50 chapathis in an hour, the
machines will have the capacity to manufacture more.
Every
canteen will receive 2,000 chapathis in a day. The number of chapathis
will vary across the zones; for instance, 14, 000 chapathis will be
supplied every day to Manali that has seven wards and Teynampet, with 18
wards, is likely to get 36,000 chapathis per day.
The
zones of Tondiarpet, Royapuram, Thiru-Vi-Ka Nagar, Ambattur and Anna
Nagar, which have 15 wards each, are likely to receive 30,000 chapathis
per day.
In May, the State government had announced
the expansion of the menu of the canteens with pongal, rice preparations
and chapathi being the additions planned. Currently, idlis are sold for
one rupee each, sambar rice for Rs. 5, pongal for Rs. 5, rice
preparations for Rs. 5 and curd rice for Rs. 3. Breakfast is supplied
from 7 a.m. to noon and lunch is served till 3 p.m. The budget eateries
aim at providing nutritious food at affordable prices to residents
living in slums, as well as daily labourers, drivers, load-men and
migrant workers.
The civic body on Tuesday will
inaugurate a refurbished herbal canteen on the premises of Ripon
Buildings with an expanded menu including preparations of
varagu
,
saamai
,
kudiraivaali
and
thinai
.
