SB-Sujon, Lalmonirhat Correspondent: Daikhawa Adarsh College, a private educational institution in Hatibandha Upazila of Lalmonirhat district in the north, is providing lunch to students for just 10 taka. There, a canteen called ‘Ten Taka Food’ is providing students with lunch for 10 taka.
Daikhawa Adarsh College is located in Gotamari Union, 10 kilometers from Hatibandha Upazila headquarters. The college was established in 1999 on three acres of land. There are 1,300 students here.
It has been found that 70-80 percent of the students of Daikhawa Adarsh College come from middle-class or poor families. Many cannot bring food from home when they come to college in the morning. Therefore, the college principal, thinking about the students, started this canteen called Ten Taka Food in 2018. There, students get the opportunity to eat dal-rice or khichuri at noon for 10 taka. Teachers also eat lunch in that canteen. The canteen runs with the college principal’s own funds and the help of a couple of outside friends. Food is provided here for 200 to 250 students every day.
College student Madhubi Rani said, “We have a quality canteen in our college. As a result, we don’t have to eat any food from outside. I thank our principal sir for this.”
Student Zahidul Islam said that he collects a ticket for 10 taka every day when he enters the college gate at around 10 am. He said that he eats food in the canteen with that ticket around 1 pm.
Monowara Begum, who is in charge of cooking in the canteen, said, “I really like cooking and feeding the students. I have been cooking for five years. I cook and feed 200 to 250 children every day.”
Mofazzal Hossain, principal of Upazila Daikhawa Adarsh College, said, “As the college is in a border area, students from far away come to the college by cycling without eating in the morning. Many people get sick and tired after staying in college all day. Thinking about that, I started this 10 taka canteen in 2018. However, due to the current rise in commodity prices, it has become difficult to feed them for 10 taka a day. If the rich had come forward, the students could have been provided with nutritious food including non-vegetarian food.”
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