For a hunger-free city

Mananchira square

Those who visit the City of Truth from Republic day onwards need not starve with empty stomach in the afternoon. The Kozhikode City Corporation is all set to attain a rare distinction of being the first civic body in the country to provide free mid day meal for public.

Considered to be first of this kind of initiation taken by a civic body in the country , the project to be launched on January 26 aims at providing free mid-day meal for patients and bystanders and those who visit the city from other districts and states.

The project is included in the previous budget of the state government will be implemented with the active participation of the health and the Social Welfare Department as part of its Social security mission. The state government has already been earmarked a sum of Rs.65 crore for the project. The fund of the voluntary organizations, civic and local bodies and contributions of individuals will also be utilized for the project.

The project will be implemented at the Kozhikode Medical Hospital and Beach General Hospital in the initial phase and eight centres will be opened before the Onam season. The Kudumbasree members will prepare the food for the public and help of the male members have already been made available for the project. The centres will provide bathroom and free food for the needy.

Two separate committees will be formed for two centres besides an organizing committee headed by mayor M.Bhaskaran as chairman and Social welfare officer as convener. The meetings of the various political parties, representatives of the NGOs and others convened by the city corporation on December 22 have agreed to provide financial aid and services for the successful implementation of the project.

From an ordinary girl to a bold woman

In life everything comes unexpected way. Some times ups and downs. But at the end it is always either a happy ending or makes us to learn new lessons of life. One way these lessons are good. I feel so. The taught lessons would definitely make me more mature and sensible human being to handle sensible and toughest situations in life. I also come across hidden qualities in me which I was not known so far. How much strong I am and how much weak in certain things, now I know it better than anybody else. Believe me now I really feel peace inside my mind once I showed enough courage to say what I felt so far. I realize the strong inner voice in me which gave enough courage to say the truth which I wanted to say it long back. It's a quest for an identity of her own of an average girl who was taught the lessons of toleration and forgiveness by her dear mom.

Never thought in wild dream too that would be able to open the mouth to say `an end for everything'. I don’t know from where the boldness came but it's my profession of being a journalist made me to think and enabled to take right decision at right time. I feel it's too late as I have tolerated too much due to some unworthy people in life. The attitude of `I will face it' and live happily without them made me strong. I don’t have enmity with anybody whoever hurt me purposely. I could not believe that I had survived by toughest storms in life so far.
Now my days are filled with only joy and calmness. I could see only good people around me. Happy with the company of very few people I have and looking at life with the same curious eyes of an innocent child :)