The Hindu              27.05.2013

Amma Unavagams to be inaugurated this week

Open a canteen at government hospital, says BJP.

The city residents are gearing up to welcome the proposed 10 Amma Unavagams that are expected to be inaugurated this week.

With the affordable canteens seen as a big hit in Chennai that has 132 canteens, the Chief Minister announced 10 such canteens for each corporation. Work is nearing completion for the construction of three canteens and renovating the seven other existing buildings for running the canteens.

On Saturday, Corporation Commissioner M. Ashokan along with officials inspected the construction activities and asked officials to expedite the works.

He also asked officials to provide separate toilet facility for men and women near the canteens and also maintain sanitation.

He said that the canteens would have sufficient place for customers to sit and have food and also facility for recharging their mobile batteries.

“All the works should be completed by Monday so that trial run of the canteen could be carried out,” he said. The Chief Minister was expected to inaugurate the canteens through videoconferencing this week.

The canteens were expected to serve the downtrodden and the labour-intensive industries in the city and its surrounding areas as thousands of people throng the city for their daily work.

The district unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party had already requested the corporation and the civic body to open a canteen at Government Mohan Kumaramangalam Medical College Hospital as it would benefit over 10,000 patients and visitors to the hospital every day.