Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Ponnam Inaugurates Karimnagar Kitchen for Telangana School Breakfast Programme
Telangana has started using a large kitchen to make breakfast for students.
The kitchen is at the Karimnagar Market Yard.
The Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation India is supporting the government programme.
Minister Ponnam Prabhakar inaugurated the facility.
It can prepare food for up to 50,000 students each day.
About 49,025 students in schools and junior colleges will receive the meals in Karimnagar.
The menu includes foods such as idli, dosa, upma and millet idli, with milk on alternate days.
Telangana plans to build more kitchens so many more students can receive breakfast.
The Telangana government and Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation India launched a centralized breakfast kitchen in Karimnagar.
Transport and BC Welfare Minister Ponnam Prabhakar inaugurated the facility at Karimnagar Market Yard.
The Rs 8 crore kitchen can prepare breakfast for 50,000 students daily.
The programme will serve 49,025 students across 669 government schools and 11 government junior colleges.
Telangana plans 31 centralized kitchens statewide to serve about 17.72 lakh students.
- Who
- The Government of Telangana, Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation India and Minister Ponnam Prabhakar are involved.
- What
- A centralized community kitchen has been established to provide breakfast to government-school students.
- When
- The first report scheduled the inauguration for September 16; a later report said Ponnam Prabhakar inaugurated it.
- Where
- The kitchen is at the Karimnagar Market Yard in Telangana.
- Why
- It is intended to provide nutritious morning meals to students.
- Facility cost
- Estimated at Rs 8 crore
- Daily capacity
- Breakfast for 50,000 students
- Karimnagar coverage
- 49,025 students across 669 government schools and 11 government junior colleges
- Geographic reach
- 17 mandals across four Assembly constituencies
- Menu
- Idli, puri, dosa, upma, millet idli and bonda, with milk on alternate days
- Menu support
- The menu was prepared with support from the National Institute of Nutrition
- Statewide plan
- 31 centralized kitchens serving around 17.72 lakh students
