Ferozepur, Fazilka dists get Rs 1.57 cr for mid-day meals Bipin Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Jalandhar, August 10 Swinging into damage control mode, the cash-strapped Punjab Government has transferred Rs 1.57 crore to Ferozepur and Fazilka districts to help the administration serve mid-day meals to students in government schools. The Mumbai-based NGO Stri Shakti that served meals to 1,635 schools in both the districts had terminated its contract with the Education Department with effect from August 15. The amount released by the government would help in feeding the students in the two districts for just 20 days. The NGO had been billing Rs 1.20 lakh per month. Besides serving food to 1,58,151 beneficiaries daily, it would purchase the grains (rice and wheat) from the Food Corporation of India (FCI), store them, grind them and arrange LPG, said Gavanmeet Singh, General Manager, Punjab unit of the NGO. Prabh Charan Singh, General Manager, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, claimed that besides Rs 1.57 crore, more funds would be released as per the requirement. Singh said PUNSUP, a procurement agency, would provide food grains to the districts.
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 06:46:06 +0000
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