The reconstruction of the Anna Canteens by the NDA government received a positive response from the people of Andhra Pradesh. Even though Anna Canteens ran successfully till 2019 after the TDP introduced them, Jagan Mohan Reddy shut them down when he came into power. Now, they have been started once again.
As of now, Anna Canteens were only confined to the cities and towns. Now, the government announced its plans to expand the canteens to villages as well.
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The government gave the responsibility of setting up these Anna Canteens in villages to the district collectors. Currently, plans are being made to start these services in 63 villages. The finance department also gave its approval for the same.
Meanwhile, certain regulations will be there for villages to qualify to get an Anna Canteen, which includes having a road of 40 feet and a significant population.
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The Anna Canteen initiative was started by the TDP during its rule from 2014 to 2019 to provide quality food for just Rs. 5 to poor people who came from villages to cities for various purposes.
However, Jagan Mohan Reddy revoked all these canteens when he came to power. During the election campaign, the TDP promised to bring back Anna Canteens once it got back to power.
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As promised, Anna Canteens were restarted in collaboration with the Akshaya Patra Foundation on August 15th this year. Now, all canteens are being run well, and with them being expanded to villages as well, we can expect the canteens to serve a larger number of people and become more accessible to poor people.
