Mid-day meal scheme launched in Vadakkekara

Nedumbassery: �Amma Than Bhakshanam- a composite nutritious mid- day meal programme for the school students launched in the Vadakkekara assembly constituency will serve as a model initiative for the State, Chief Minister V.S.Achuthanadan said here on Sunday. Inaugurating the scheme at a public function in Puthenvelikkara near here, the Chief Minister held that the scheme would help the upbringing of the student community in the region by assuring their nutritional requirements. Describing it as a step up on the state sponsored mid- day meal programme, he also congratulated the House panel led by Fisheries Minister S.Sarma for its initiation.

He was of the view that the vegetable farms to be developed in the schools as part of the programme would also serve as a model for the other schools in the state and would immensely benefit the student community.