The pet scheme of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, ‘Shiva Bhojan’ thali was launched on January 26, and has become  extremely popular among the  poor masses with daily sales of more than 15,000 plates at around 140 distribution centres in the state in the pilot project, reported by Mumbai Mirror.      

The holy Siddhivinayak Temple has decided to contribute Rs 5 crore towards the Maharashtra government’s newly launched Rs 10 ‘Shiv Bhojan Thali’ scheme.

“A unanimous decision to this effect has been taken by the temple management today to donate the amount to the CM to be utilised for the ‘Shiv Bhojan’ scheme for the poor,” Shree Siddhivinayak Ganapati Temple Trust (SSGTT) Chairman and film actor Aadesh Bandekar said here.

He added that the temple authorities were impressed by the welfare scheme intended to give a wholesome meal costing Rs 10 per person to people all over the state and hence decided to contribute its mite to the initiative. “The proposal will now go to the state Law & Judiciary department for approval and then to the Government. We hope to make a contribution to the Government at an early date,” Bandekar said.

The pet scheme of Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, ‘Shiva Bhojan’ thali was launched on January 26, and has become  extremely popular among the  poor masses with daily sales of more than 15,000 plates at around 140 distribution centres in the state in the pilot project.  

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