Archive · 28 Sep 2026
Ponnam Launches Indira Mahila Shakti Canteen in Hyderabad
Ponnam Prabhakar opened a new canteen in Hyderabad.
Women’s self-help groups will run the canteen.
It will offer meals for Rs.5 to poor and working-class people.
The project is also meant to help women earn a steady income.
An egg shop for street vendors was opened as part of the same initiative.
Women’s groups received Rs.1.20 crore in interest-free loans.
The government is also supporting women with buses, sewing machines, training and solar projects.
Officials said these programmes are designed to help women become financially independent.
Minister Ponnam Prabhakar inaugurated an Indira Mahila Shakti canteen near Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Bagh Lingampally.
The canteen will serve quality meals to poor and working-class people for Rs.5.
An egg shop for street vendors was also launched through the women’s initiative.
Women’s self-help groups received cheques for Rs.1.20 crore in interest-free loans.
The minister laid the foundation stone for Rs.1.5 crore in SWD drains and CC roads in Ward No. 163.
- Who
- Minister Ponnam Prabhakar, women’s self-help groups, street vendors, students and Telangana government officials.
- What
- An Indira Mahila Shakti canteen and an egg shop were inaugurated, loans were distributed, and a road-and-drain project was launched.
- When
- Monday; the article does not provide a calendar date.
- Where
- Near Sundarayya Vignana Kendram in Bagh Lingampally, Musheerabad, Hyderabad, Telangana.
- Why
- To provide affordable meals while creating livelihood opportunities and supporting the economic independence of women.
- Meal price
- Rs.5 per meal
- Interest-free loans distributed
- Rs.1.20 crore to women’s self-help groups
- Road-and-drain project
- SWD drains and CC roads in Ward No. 163
- Infrastructure project estimate
- Rs.1.5 crore
- Loan limit
- Increased from Rs.5 lakh to Rs.10 lakh for women’s groups
- Rural bus ownership
- Women’s self-help groups have been made owners of 600 buses
- Sewing-machine applications
- Eligible women were urged to apply by September 30