Telangana CM KCR Announced Mid-Day Meal Scheme For Telangana Government Colleges from this academic year in an effort to provide nutritious food and reduce the dropout rate, “Telangana Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao announced that from this academic year, mid-day meal would be served to the students of government junior and degree colleges in the Telangana State,” an official release said. It was decided to provide nutritious mid-day meal to the students for their good health and to prevent them from dropping out, KCR said.
The Telangana chief minister KCR came to know from former minister C Laxma Reddy and government college lecturer Raghuram from Jedcherla, about 80 km from Hyderabad, that they were providing mid-day meals to students of Jedcherla Government Junior College, spending money from their pockets. Laxma Reddy and Raghuram met KCR to discuss setting up of a botanical garden at Jedcherla Degree College.
KCR Announced Mid-Day Meal Scheme For Telangana Government Colleges
CM Sri KCR has instructed officials to take Jedcherla Govt Degree College (GDC) as a model where an Asst. Professor Sri Sadasivaiah had set up a botanical garden and replicate the same in all other GDCs. The CM congratulated Sri Sadasivaiah who met him at Pragathi Bhavan today pic.twitter.com/RoDGIgKtqG
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Telangana Chief Minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao said the government realized the importance of providing mid-day meal to the students in the colleges, it said. The chief minister Sri K Chandrashekhar Rao also instructed officials to take Jedcherla Degree College as an inspiration and set up botanical gardens in all government degree colleges in the state, it said. He also appreciated Sadasivaiah, assistant professor in the botany department at Jedcherla government degree college, who met him here on Friday, for setting up a Botanical garden in the college.
