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Set up community kitchen at every block headquarters, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar

CM Nitish Kumar took stock of the arrangement and facilities at community kitchen centres in 22 districts on Monday via a virtual tour through video conferencing from the ‘Sankalp’ hall of his residence.
Set up community kitchen at every block headquarters, says Bihar CM Nitish Kumar
Chief minister Nitish Kumar takes stock of the facilities at community kitchens in 22 districts through videoconferencing on Monday
PATNA: CM Nitish Kumar took stock of the arrangement and facilities at community kitchen centres in 22 districts on Monday via a virtual tour through video conferencing from the ‘Sankalp’ hall of his residence.
CM also spoke to some of the beneficiaries and asked visitors about the facilities and quality of food being served at the centres.
He asked the beneficiaries about the meals served, what they get in the meals and how many members from their family get their food from the kitchens, and if they face any difficulty in getting a meal from the government-run kitchens, among others.

Hazra Khatoon, one of the beneficiaries of the community kitchen, at the Jehanabad bus stand, told the CM, “I am a street hawker. Our business is closed due to the lockdown. Here, there is a very good arrangement for meals. We get food that is tastier than our home.”
Ruchi Bhardwaj, one of the beneficiaries at the Sasaram community kitchen, told the CM, “The centre delivers our food at home after we inform them through mobile phone. Most members of my family are Covid-19 infected and we all are in home isolation. As we get both meals from the community kitchen, we feel very relieved.”
After conducting the virtual tour of 22 of the total 38 districts, Nitish asked the DMs to increase the number of such kitchens in their jurisdiction so that more people can access free meals.

The CM also asked the DMs to make arrangements for opening similar community kitchens at each block headquarters and spread the information on the kitchens so that maximum people reach there and get the benefit of both meals. “Please also make arrangements of milk at each community kitchen for visiting children,” Nitish told the DMs.He asked the DMs to arrange food to be provided to the home isolated patients through the home delivery system. “Also ensure proper arrangement of safe drinking water and sanitation at the centres, besides proper sanitization,” Nitish told the officials.
“All officials and employees engaged in managing and running the community kitchens should discharge their duty in the best possible way so that no beneficiary would have to face inconvenience,” Nitish said and added, “We are taking all necessary steps to protect the life of people infected by covid-19. In Bihar, we are paying attention to the needs of all people.”
Earlier, the DMs of Kishanganj, Araria, Supaul, Madhubani, Sitamarhi, Sheohar, Vaishali, Saran, Gopalganj, Munger, Jamui, Lakhisarai, Sheikhpura, Begusarai, Banka, Nawada, Jehanabad, Arwal, Buxar, Kaimur, Rohtas and Bhojpur gave a detailed presentation to the CM about the arrangements made at the community kitchen centres in their respective district.
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