Bharatiya Janata Party MP Gautam Gambhir launched a group kitchen in Gandhi Nagar, Delhi.
Through a programme called ‘Ek Asha Jan Rasoi,’ Gautam Gambhir Foundation will provide food at Re 1 through community kitchens.
We don’t want someone to sleep with an empty stomach. We’ll soon open 5-6 more kitchens like this in Delhi,” Gambhir said.
“The ‘Jan Rasoi’ serves nutritious, hygienic food to the poor at Rs 1 per dish. A total of 500 people will be provided with food each day and the second serving will also be allowed,” Gambhir the media. The food comprises of rice, dal, and vegetable curry on special occasions.
In view of the COVID-19 pandemic, the canteen will feed 50 people at a time, Gambhir said.
“The token amount of Rs 1 is meant to pay wages to those staff members who will run the kitchen,” he said to news outlets. He said that the next community kitchen will be opened in Mayur Vihar district.
“I have always felt that everybody has the right to healthy and hygienic food irrespective of caste, creed, religion or financial condition. It is saddening to see the homeless and destitute not being able to get even two square meals a day,” Gambhir told reporters.
