The government has sanctioned `4.98 crore for the construction of 868 kitchen sheds for the mid-day meals in the schools in phase two. The government had already released `4.26 crore for the construction of 400 kitchen sheds in the first phase and of them 284 sheds were completed and another 116 are on the verge of completion.
Joint collector G Srijana directed the Panchayat Raj officials to complete all the constructions by February-end to kickstart the phase two units as the government had sanctioned funds. The JC also directed the officials to mention on the rice bags ‘for mid-day-meal’ or ‘hostel rice’ for identification of the rice for the MDM programme.
She also directed the officials to send the reports on the rice and transport expenditure every month. Presently, the officials are sending the reports every quarter. The JC also directed the MPDOs and EOPR to check the quality of the mid-day meal and send the reports to the District Educational Officer periodically.