The Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare department has floated tenders for the preparation of food for the students in 22 hostels run by it in Chennai for an initial period of two years.
The food preparation is now handled by the cooks appointed by the department in these hostels. Once outsourced, the food preparation will be done in two centralised kitchens located in two hostels in the city and distributed to the remaining 20 hostels. Nearly 3,000 students are staying in these 22 hostels, officials said.
According to officials, the move followed the announcement made in the Assembly regarding the same during the discussion on budgetary demand for the department by the Adi Dravidar and Tribal Welfare Minister N. Kayalvizhi Selvaraj.
