Forty-seven community kitchens have started functioning in the State.
Announced by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan to provide relief to the people in the wake of restrictions imposed to slow the spread of COVID-19, the community kitchens are being run by Kudumbashree in association with local self-government institutions (LSGIs).
The community kitchens that have started functioning are 11 in Thrissur and 12 in Malappuram, four in Wayanad, three in Alappuzha, and five in Palakkad.
Kudumbashree executive director Harikishore S. said they were aiming to launch 1,000 such kitchens in the next two days.
Locations for setting up community kitchens have been identified in 725 of the 941 panchayats and 84 of the 87 municipalities in the State. Sites for nine kitchens in the six Corporations too have been identified.
Mr. Harikishore said the LSGIs were playing a crucial role in setting up the community kitchens. They will be running the kitchens and ensuring that food is delivered to those in need.
Though intended to provide lunch for ₹20, these kitchens can be adapted to meet local requirements and provide food more than once a day, he said.
Those who are in home quarantine, those unable to cook because they stay alone in lodges or have no essentials, the elderly and the indigent, destitute people, bedridden patients, and those who seeks alms will be provided food from the community kitchens.
Booking
At least two numbers will be provided to each unit for booking through SMS or WhatsApp. People other than those mentioned aforesaid should also be provided food parcels.
