The Hindu               03.06.2013

Budget canteens open at 10 places in Erode

Chief Minister Jayalalithaa inaugurates them through video conference.

People in Erode town can now get steaming hot idlis for Re. 1 a piece as the Erode Corporation has opened low-cost restaurants at ten places in the town.

The restaurants were declared open by Chief Minister Jayalalithaa through video conferencing on Sunday evening. The civic body established the restaurants at R.N. Puthur, BP Agraharam, Karungalpalayam, Choolai, Nachiyappa Street, VOC Park, Surampatty, Gandhiji Road, Kollampalayam and Marapalam.

Mayor Mallika Paramasivam inaugurated the sale of food at the restaurants in the presence of Collector V.K. Shanmugam, District Revenue Officer S. Ganesh, Deputy Mayor K.C. Palanisamy, Corporation Commissioner M. Vijayalakshmi and senior officials.

People can also get a plate of curd rice for Rs. 3 and a plate of sambar rice for Rs. 5 at these budget restaurants.

The civic body appointed self-help group members for preparing and serving the food at these restaurants, which were opened primarily for the benefit of the poor families in the town.

Training

Officials said that the self-help group members were given adequate training in the preparation of food, quality control and management of the restaurants.

The civic administration would meet the expenditure towards running these restaurants from its general fund.