“I have seen many poor people at labour addas. I come from such a social background and worked with NGOs and I felt this is an opportune time,” the commissioner said when asked about the inspiration for the scheme.
As the trial run started today in collaboration with Akshaya Patra Foundation, whether it will be a single implementing agency which will prepare the food or multiple agencies will be decided in future.
Other pilot centres will come up at Koti, Chintalbasthi and Mehdipatnam, Kumar said, adding, “We will study and try to understand the issues that crop up, before feeding 15,000 people.”
