New Delhi, Jan 18 (PTI) State-run telecom operator BSNL today donated Rs 9.95 lakh towards Delhi Governments 'Aap Ki Rasoi' programme under which homeless and poor people are given cooked food.
BSNL General Manager S C Alhuwalia handed over a cheque amounting to Rs 9,95,625 to an official of ISKCON in presence of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit.
ISKCON has collaborated with the government and set up seven centres in the city to distribute cooked food to the homeless and the poor.
Dikshit appreciated BSNL's help to the 'Aap Ki Rasoi' programme being implemented under Government's Bhagidari initiative.
The money donated by BSNL will be used to run the food centre near Lajpat Nagar. A number of such centres have been closed down for want of financial assistance.
In all, more than a dozen centres are being run under the programme across the city.
with thanks : source : http://www.ptinews.com/news/474356_BSNL-donates-Rs-9-95-lakh-for--Aap-Ki-Rasoi--scheme
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