Written by Arun Janardhanan
| Chennai |
Updated: February 20, 2020 7: 44: 43 am
The NGO has been allotted land by the Corporation at prime locations in Chennai to set up centralised kitchens. (Picture for representational purpose)Tamil Nadu’s prestigious noon meal scheme, an internationally acclaimed social justice model, has landed in a controversy with the AIADMK government’s decision to engage an NGO, Akshaya Patra Foundation, to serve breakfast to 32,000 students in schools run by the Greater Chennai Corporation.
Projected as a brainchild of Tamil Nadu Governor Banwarilal Purohit, the project has been allocated Rs 5 crore from the Governor’s discretionary fund. The NGO has been allotted land by the Corporation at prime locations in Chennai to set up centralised kitchens.
Akshaya Patra Foundation is an initiative of the International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON), Bengaluru, and its menu without garlic, onion and eggs, has drawn criticism from opposition parties and experts alike.
While the noon meal scheme in gover
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