APF comes forward to provide mid day meals in AP

Hyderabad, Apr 24 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Rajasekhar Reddy today asked the ''Akshaya Patra Foundation'' to extend its services to Andhra Pradesh, particularly in and around Hyderabad.

The Foundation is presently offering mid-day meals programme to 3,20,139 students in government schools in Bangalore.

Foundation chairman Madhu Pandit Das made a presentation to the Chief minister today about its activities. It offered to provide hygienic and nutritious mid-day meals to about one lakh students in and around Hyderabad city, an official release said.

The Akshaya Patra mid-day meal programme, if implemented in Hyderabad, would provide employment to nearly 4000 people, Mr Das said.

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