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A full thali for just Rs 5, twice a day: 45 Atal canteens open in Delhi

Rekha Gupta said 45 Atal Canteens are being inaugurated in line with the government's election promise, while work on the remaining 55 will be completed soon.

2 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Dec 26, 2025 02:48 PM IST

Delhi CM Rekha Gupta and Union Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at the Atal Canteen in Delhi (Photo - X/@gupta_rekha)

Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta Thursday inaugurated ‘Atal Canteens’ in the national capital on the occasion of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s birth anniversary. These canteens, spread across Delhi, aim to provide subsidised meals to the poor.

Speaking at the inauguration event, Gupta said 45 Atal Canteens are being inaugurated in line with the government’s election promise, while work on the remaining 55 will be completed soon.

She said lakhs of residents would benefit from the initiative. The Chief Minister said at the event, “Under the scheme, labourers, needy people and families living in jhuggi clusters will get a full meal for Rs 5. The idea is to ensure that people eat with dignity.”

पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री, भारत रत्न श्रद्धेय अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी जी की जयंती पर आज माननीय केंद्रीय मंत्री श्री मनोहर लाल खट्टर जी की गरिमामयी उपस्थिति में नेहरू नगर सहित राजधानी के विभिन्न क्षेत्रों में अटल कैंटीन का शुभारंभ किया गया।

भाजपा ने अपने घोषणापत्र में दिल्लीवासियों से अटल… pic.twitter.com/AfpI8wYDC0

— Rekha Gupta (@gupta_rekha) December 25, 2025

“In each Atal Canteen, arrangements have been made to provide meals to about 1000 people at both lunch and dinner times,” she said.

Recalling Vajpayee’s contribution to Delhi’s infrastructure, the chief minister said the former prime minister flagged off the Delhi Metro on December 24, 2002, when Kolkata was the only city with a metro system. She said the capital now has a 394-km metro network, which was expanded further under Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Taking a jibe at earlier governments in Delhi, Rekha Gupta alleged that they had made promises without releasing funds, while the BJP government is releasing Rs 2,700 crore even for projects pertaining to earlier periods.

Union Minister of Housing and Urban Affairs Manohar Lal Khattar, who was present at the event, said that the people of Delhi suffered for the last 20 years. He said, “The previous governments did not do anything. For the last 20 years, Delhi has been crying and asking for facilities. But now that there is a BJP government at the Centre and in Delhi, work is happening for the welfare of people.”

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