India News | Odisha Govt Directs Colleges to Cut Cooking Oil Use, Skip Puris, Vadas and Bondas
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. The Odisha government has directed all government and non-government aided colleges to reduce the use of cooking oil and avoid 'puris', 'vadas' and 'bondas' for breakfast in canteens.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], August 28 (ANI): The Odisha government has directed all government and non-government aided colleges to reduce the use of cooking oil and avoid 'puris', 'vadas' and 'bondas' for breakfast in canteens.
The world has been facing repeated supply chain disruptions and crises since the Covid pandemic, Higher Education Department Deputy Secretary Ramesh Chandra Behera said in a letter issued on Friday.
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The conflict in Ukraine also resulted in supply-side issues of food, fertiliser and fuel. The recent conflict in Iran has further exacerbated this food, fuel and fertiliser crisis, as per the letter.
"No country in the world is immune to the economic impact of the crisis," he said in the letter,
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Many countries have taken various measures to manage the reduction of fuel demand. India is also facing the negative consequences of this long-standing crisis, Behera noted in his letter.
Prime Minister has made a public appeal to the citizens of India to contribute in small ways towards the situation India is facing, Behera said
"Avoid high-oil menu items like puris, vadas and bondas in breakfast, reduce deep-fried food without compromising nutrition and promote use of traditional ghee, mustard oil and groundnut oil over imported palm/sunflower/soyabean oil," the letter added.
The National Service Scheme (NSS) and Youth Red Cross (YRC) may organise awareness programmes in community to reduce oil in household day-to-day cooking, the letter asked. (ANI)
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