Archive · 1 Sep 2026
Mancherial Kitchen to Serve Breakfast to Government Students
A new community kitchen has opened in Mancherial.
It will cook healthy breakfasts for students.
The food will reach government schools and junior colleges in three districts.
More than 49,000 students are expected to benefit.
Singareni Collieries Company Limited helped fund the project through CSR support.
The Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation is implementing it.
The district collector said education is important for students’ futures.
Officials also began work on a ghat for the Godavari Pushkaralu festival planned for 2027.
A centralised community kitchen was inaugurated on College Road in Mancherial.
The kitchen will provide hygienic, nutritious breakfast to 42,450 school students and 6,654 junior college students.
It will serve 691 government schools and 13 government junior colleges across three districts.
The project received CSR support from Singareni Collieries Company Limited and was implemented by the Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation.
Officials also laid the foundation stone for a Godavari Pushkara Ghat ahead of Godavari Pushkaralu-2027.
- Who
- District Collector Kumar Deepak, Mancherial MLA Kokkirala Prem Sagar Rao, Singareni Collieries Company Limited and the Hare Krishna Movement Charitable Foundation were involved.
- What
- A centralised community kitchen was inaugurated to provide breakfast to government students, and a Pushkara Ghat foundation stone was laid.
- When
- The inauguration took place on Monday; the Godavari Pushkaralu preparations are for 2027.
- Where
- The kitchen is on College Road in Mancherial and will serve students in Mancherial, Jagtial and Peddapalli districts.
- Why
- The kitchen aims to provide hygienic, nutritious food and support the government’s focus on education and students’ futures.
- School beneficiaries
- 42,450 students
- Junior college beneficiaries
- 6,654 students
- Schools covered
- 691 government schools
- Colleges covered
- 13 government junior colleges
- Districts covered
- Mancherial, Jagtial and Peddapalli
- Project support
- CSR support from Singareni Collieries Company Limited
- Enrolment change
- Government school enrolment increased by 7 per cent, with nearly 4,000 students moving from private schools