Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): Bhopal will get authorized Food Chaupati at Shahpura in front of Campion School in four months. Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) and National Health Mission (NHM) will work jointly for development and upgradation of Chaupati.
A team of Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), New Delhi, visited Bhopal to take stock of Shahpura Chaupati on Tuesday. Out of 100 Chaupati-hub to be developed across the country, four will be in Madhya Pradesh- Bhopal, Ujjain, Jabalpur and Gwalior.
Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) Inspector Devendra Dubey told Free Press, “National Health Mission (NHM) will provide Rs 4 crore. Rs 1 crore will be to each Chaupati.
Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) will have to make sheds, arrangement of potable water, and parking lots for visitors as well as for vendors. It will be authorized Chaupati in Bhopal and it will come up in 4 months.”
FSSAI is a statutory body established under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India and it is responsible for protecting and promoting public health through the regulation and supervision of food safety.