Kadapa district to have centralised automated kitchen in every mandal
Mr. Sridhar inspected the ongoing construction work at the model kitchen halls in the Zilla Parishad High Schools at Chintakommadinne and J. Kothapalli on Thursday, where he interacted with the headmasters and the mid-day meal organisers.
Regarding the materials to be used for the construction, the Collector gave specific instructions to the officials concerned on the expected quality of the output and the need to adhere to the standards. It may be recalled that a model kitchen is already functional in Kadapa, where the food is being supplied under the 'Dokka Seethamma' mid-day meal scheme to the nearby schools in the city.
Revenue Divisional Officer John Irwin, centralised smart kitchens nodal officer Joel Vijay Kumar, Project Director (Housing) Raja Ratnam, Chintakommadinne Tahsildar Nageswara Rao and others accompanied him.
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