Manipal, Apr 1: It is hard to avail a full plate of meals anywhere for lesser than Rs 30 in this age of rising prices, even at a canteen. But this canteen in one of the top educational centres in the state will provide you with meals for just Rs 10.
If the rate of meals with rice, sambar, pickle and a vegetable side-dish will cost u nearly Rs 30 in any joint in Udupi and Manipal, opting for North or South Thali meals will cost not less than Rs 50 or Rs 100 in most eating places in the district. In such a scenario, meals including rice, sambar and pickle for a price of Rs 10 is the best thing one can get.
Auto rickshaw drivers, bus drivers, taxi drivers, conductors, labourers, cleaners, and several others are regular customers to Mallya canteen located near the bus station at Manipal. Ganesh Mallya had been working in a canteen for a period of 27 years and started his own canteen with the help of a group of friends. With the success of Mallya canteen, the group wants to start similar canteens in different locations in Udupi taluk.
Ganesh Mallya uses good-quality rice of Rs 36-40 per kg and around 150-400 people come in a day to have their meals at the canteen. Due to the possibility of persons reselling the same plate of meals for more than Rs 10 elsewhere, he does not give meals to the customers through parcel service, except for patients.
The canteen is open from 11.30 a.m. every day and closes at 3 p.m. The food items including chicken kabab is prepared at a house 12 kilometres away and has to be brought to the canteen. In this regard, there are a couple of helpers at the canteen. One among them is a bachelor who has not taken his salary from the past seven years.
Most of the customers such as bus drivers and auto drivers are regulars who are full praise for the initiative of Mallya canteen which saves them a lot of unwanted expense for meals.
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