On the occasion of completing 25 years of public service, good governance, and dedication of the Honorable Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi, under the ‘Seva Sankalp Abhiyan’ organized for this purpose, Chief Minister Shri Bhupendrabhai Patel today e-inaugurated 101 new centers of the ‘Shramik Annapurna Yojana’ operating with the objective of providing nutritious meals to workers in the construction sector and their family members across 28 districts of the state from Ahmedabad at a nominal rate of just ₹5/- per person.
On this occasion, Chief Minister Shri personally participated in the service at the Annapurna center on Chanakyapuri Bridge in Ahmedabad, personally served meals to the workers, and engaged in a warm conversation with them, setting the finest example of sensitivity towards workers.
It is noteworthy here that, under this scheme, a total of 293 Shramik Annapurna centers were previously operational across 20 districts of the state, through which an average of more than 35 thousand meals were distributed daily. So far, more than five crore meals have been distributed in total. With the addition of the new centers, there will be an increase of approximately 10 thousand meals in the daily distribution, so now approximately 45 thousand meals can be distributed daily.
