The Rourkela kitchen in Odisha had a
special guest recently. Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister of Steel, Mines,
Labour and Employment accompanied by other dignitaries visited the Akshaya
Patra kitchen on 2nd February 2015. They were welcomed by
Pancharatna Dasa, the Vice President of Akshaya Patra - Odisha, and then taken
on a tour of the kitchen.
After completing the tour where the entire
Akshaya Patra operations process was explained, Mr Tomar gave a written
testimonial of the work the Foundation is doing through the mid-day meal
programme. He wrote, “The Akshaya Patra Foundation is
an honourable project... 57,000 school children are getting benefitted out of
this program which is supported by Rourkela Steel Plant. Best wishes.”
The dignitaries accompanying Mr Tomar included the
Chairman of SAIL, C S Verma; Director (Technical) of SAIL, K K Mohanty;
Director (Projects), T Suresh; CEO of Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP), G S Prasad;
and General Manager (I/C), P&A, RSP, P K Pradhan.
The Rourkela kitchen was constructed due to the
donation of The Steel Authority of India (SAIL) Rourkela Steel Plant (RSP) who
donated over Rs. 8 crore to Akshaya Patra as part of their CSR programme. The
Rourkela kitchen today reaches out to Akshaya Patra beneficiaries across over
400 schools in the region.
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