Archive · 25 Aug 2026
Telangana Government Opens Manthani Kitchen for School Breakfast
The Telangana government wants children to eat breakfast before going to school.
It says no child should have to learn while hungry.
A new large kitchen was opened in Manthani to make food for students.
The kitchen can prepare thousands of idlis, dosas and puris every hour.
Children will receive different foods instead of the same breakfast every day.
Officials said attendance went up in Kodangal after the programme started.
The programme is also being carried out in Madhira.
The government is thinking about giving students milk three times a week.
Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu inaugurated a Centralised Community Kitchen in Manthani, Peddapalli.
The kitchen was built for about Rs 7.5 crore using Singareni Collieries Company Limited CSR funds.
It can prepare 10,000 idlis, 3,000 dosas and 5,600 puris every hour.
The breakfast programme reportedly increased student attendance by 21 per cent in Kodangal and has expanded to Madhira.
The government is considering serving milk to students at least three times a week.
- Who
- Telangana IT and Industries Minister Duddilla Sridhar Babu, Collector Koya Sri Harsha, the Telangana government and the Hare Krishna Hare Rama Charitable Trust.
- What
- A Centralised Community Kitchen was inaugurated in Manthani as part of an expanded nutritious breakfast programme for students in government schools.
- When
- The kitchen was inaugurated on Monday; the articles do not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- Manthani in Peddapalli district, Telangana; the programme is also operating in Kodangal and Madhira.
- Why
- To reduce hunger and financial barriers affecting education while supporting students’ health, physical growth, attendance and concentration.
- Kitchen location
- Manthani, Peddapalli district, Telangana
- Construction cost
- About Rs 7.5 crore
- Funding source
- Singareni Collieries Company Limited CSR funds
- Hourly production capacity
- 10,000 idlis, 3,000 dosas and 5,600 puris
- Reported attendance increase
- 21 per cent in Kodangal after the breakfast programme was introduced
- Programme locations
- Initially launched in Kodangal and later extended to Madhira
- Milk proposal
- The government is examining whether to serve milk at least three times a week
- District education ranking
- Peddapalli secured third place in Telangana for implementing education-related programmes, according to a recent Central government assessment
