By Tirtharupa Das.

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Cuttack: In a bid to give facelift to the much-touted Aahaar scheme of the Odisha Government, a tri-partite agreement was signed between Cuttack Municipal Corporation (CMC), Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) and Touch Stone Foundation (an associateof Akshya Patra Foundation) on Monday here.

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Meals @ Rs 5/- shall be provided to the poor proposed to be implemented from April’1 at different locations in Cuttack; like Badambadi bus-stand, Sisu bhawan Chhak, Mal Godam, and SCB Medical square. Around 4000 people will get the subsidised food every day, the subsidy [@Rs 15/-] to be borne by OMC from its CSR fund as per the MOU signed here.

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OMC will spend a sum of Rs 54.60 lacs during the initial three months of the scheme implementation, besides additional Rs 64 lacs towards food transportation, distribution including other related expenses.

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The Odisha Govt has also mooted a proposal to finance the subsidised food scheme for the poor through Corporates like Tata, Nalco and RSP in subsequent phases.