HYDERABAD: Telangana governor Tamilisai Sounderajan on Monday inaugurated a free breakfast programe for Raj Bhavan school students and sanitation workers. The free breakfast will provide this free breakfast to children. Governor after serving the breakfast to children also had tasted the food along with them.
After serving the food governor said “Providing breakfast with vital nutrients is necessary for the school going children for their all-round development. I felt this (providing nutritious breakfast) is more important during this pandemic period to improve their immunity and help them grow better physically and mentally, and as well as help them do better in academics,”
Referring to some studies, the governor said that most of the lunch boxes of school going children were having potato chips, and other junk food items that are not really healthy.
She suggested that it must be ensured that the children get required nutrients, vitamins and minerals through their food and many traditional foods do have such vital nutrients. She cited Tamil Nadu’s former chief ministers Kamaraj Nadar and MG Ram Chandran’s initiatives in offering free mid-day meal and breakfast respectively in schools as role models.