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Punjab CM asks youth to opt for traditional food
Punjab Newsline Network
Monday, 26 October 2009
CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal called upon the younger generation to opt for traditional food over the western diet, as the former is more nutritious.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating “Bebe di Rasoi”, a traditional food festival jointly organised by Chandigarh Press Club in collaboration with Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM) and Millets Network of India (MINI), the CM said: “The ‘Bebe di Rasoi’ would give an opportunity to the younger generation to have a feel of the rich taste of our traditional food that has now been forgotten.”
Appreciating the initiative of the Press Club and KVM, Badal said such food festivals should be organised from time to time to apprise the younger generation, especially with urban background, about the nutritional value of traditional food.
He hoped that such food festivals would also help the youth to desist from having junk food, like pizza, burger and noodles, which was not good for health.
The CM also asked the management of the Press Club to open a restaurant dedicated to traditional food here. He asked the media to play a pro-active role in popularising the culture of traditional food, besides bringing awareness among the masses about the importance of organic farming.
Badal also visited different stalls that had on display bread made of ‘bajra’ and ‘jwaar’; ‘bajra raabri’, and several millet dishes from Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
Earlier president of the Press Club Sarbjit Pandher welcomed the CM, and its secretary-general Naveen S. Garewal gave a brief account about the food festival. Executive director of KVM Umendra Dutt dwelt on the concept of traditional food and its significance in the society.
Addressing a gathering after inaugurating “Bebe di Rasoi”, a traditional food festival jointly organised by Chandigarh Press Club in collaboration with Kheti Virasat Mission (KVM) and Millets Network of India (MINI), the CM said: “The ‘Bebe di Rasoi’ would give an opportunity to the younger generation to have a feel of the rich taste of our traditional food that has now been forgotten.”
Appreciating the initiative of the Press Club and KVM, Badal said such food festivals should be organised from time to time to apprise the younger generation, especially with urban background, about the nutritional value of traditional food.
He hoped that such food festivals would also help the youth to desist from having junk food, like pizza, burger and noodles, which was not good for health.
The CM also asked the management of the Press Club to open a restaurant dedicated to traditional food here. He asked the media to play a pro-active role in popularising the culture of traditional food, besides bringing awareness among the masses about the importance of organic farming.
Badal also visited different stalls that had on display bread made of ‘bajra’ and ‘jwaar’; ‘bajra raabri’, and several millet dishes from Andhra Pradesh and Orissa.
Earlier president of the Press Club Sarbjit Pandher welcomed the CM, and its secretary-general Naveen S. Garewal gave a brief account about the food festival. Executive director of KVM Umendra Dutt dwelt on the concept of traditional food and its significance in the society.
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