Mega kitchen in Telangana’s Suryapet to feed 60,000 students daily within 100 days

A massive centralised community kitchen capable of preparing and supplying nutritious meals to nearly 60,000 students every day is being developed at Syedmujavarpet in Munagala mandal of Suryapet district, with efforts under way to make the facility operational within the next 100 days.

Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) has contributed ₹9.6 crore towards the project, which is being implemented with the support of the Hari Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation (HKMCF).

Envisaged as an ultra-modern facility, the kitchen will serve around 1,029 government schools and junior colleges.

The scale and coverage of the project make it a unique student-nutrition initiative. Designed for large-volume food preparation, the kitchen will integrate cooking, quality control, packing and dispatch with a carefully planned distribution network. Hygiene, food safety, nutritional value and timely delivery will form the core of its operations.

Irrigation, Food and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy is closely monitoring the project and coordinating with SCCL, HKMCF, the district administrations and the departments concerned.

Suryapet District Collector Tejas Nandlal Pawar said efforts are under way to operationalise the scheme within 100 days: “The project is unique in its scale. Since civil works are involved, the immediate focus is on completing the structure and putting the necessary infrastructure in place.”

The project’s reach will extend beyond Suryapet district. Nalgonda District Collector B. Chandrasekhar said 131 government educational institutions in Nakrekal, Sali Gouraram, Kethepally and Vemulapally mandals would be served by the Syedmujavarpet kitchen. These institutions together have 7,972 students. He said the centralised system would help maintain uniform standards of hygiene, nutrition, food safety and quality. Detailed route planning and interdepartmental coordination would be undertaken to ensure reliable daily distribution to every institution, he added.

Sri Satya Doura Chandra Dasa, president of HKMCF and regional president of the Akshaya Patra Foundation, said the organisation would do its best to reach out to rural students in extending nutritious food enabling them to fare well in their studies.

Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy thanked SCCL for contributing ₹9.6 crore under its corporate social responsibility programme. He said the initiative demonstrated how public-sector organisations could create lasting community assets and directly improve children’s health and educational participation.