The Hindu 15.11.2013
Coimbatore Corporation starts herbal canteen
There is now more than one reason to visit the
Coimbatore Corporation main office in Town Hall – the civic body has
started a herbal canteen, Amma Mooligai Unavagam.
Mayor
S.M. Velusamy inaugurated the canteen in the presence of Commissioner
G. Latha, Deputy Commissioner S. Sivarasu, Deputy Mayor Leelavathi Unni,
City Engineer K. Sugumar and Councillors on Thursday.
A
release the civic body issued said that the objective of the canteen
was to provide healthy food to the 500-odd visitors and the Corporation
staff, majority of who suffered high blood pressure, diabetes and other
lifestyle diseases. The canteen will offer a variety of herbal soups at
11 a.m. followed by lunch at 12.30 p.m. and snack with herbal tea at 4
p.m.
A women self help group will run the canteen. A
team of Siddha doctors will supervise the operations and also ensure
quality of food, said Ms. Latha. The Corporation had advanced Rs. 60,000
to the group to meet the initial costs. The group will repay the money
from the profit it earns. It will also pay a nominal rent to the
Corporation.
The release said that the Corporation
had trained the self help group women in cooking herbal food. They would
serve banana pith soup,
thuthuvalai
soup,
navalpazha
soup, vegetable soup, corn soup and bitter gourd soup. The lunch would
include rice with greens, rice with curry leaves, rice with mint and a
few more varieties apart from meals. The evening snack menu would have
sukku
coffee, lemon tea, green tea, ginger tea and milk with palm jaggery.
Ms. Latha said that the Corporation would also place orders with the self help groups for snack served to officers.
