In a bid to widen access to low-cost quality food, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
J Jayalalithaa has ordered opening of 360 more “Amma Unavagams,” the
popular eateries, across Tamil Nadu. Among them 200 eateries would be
set up in the Chennai Corporation limits.
With this, the State would
soon have 654 such canteens serving quality food at affordable rates.
‘Amma Unavagams’launched on Feb 19,2013
benefits the poor, daily wage
earners, labourers and migrant workers the most
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister
J Jayalalithaa directed that each of the 200 wards in the Chennai Corporation have an
additional Amma Unavagam.Besides these -
- 27 such eateries at the Government Headquarters Hospitals in 27 districts
- 129 eateries in 124 municipalities
- one each in the recently-created Dindigul and Thanjavur Corporations and
- one each in Madurai and Coimbatore Corporations
are to be inaugurated.
The Madurai Corporation boasts of 11 eateries while the other city
corporations in the State have 10 each, making up a total of 294 ‘Amma
canteens’ all over the State at present
An estimated 2.5 lakh people visit and partake of food at the 203
eateries in Chennai city every day. That apart, the ‘Amma canteens’
provide livelihood to more than 5,000 staff involved in various
capacities
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