ALMORA: The Almora district administration is soon going to open what officials claim is a unique chain of restaurants that will offer local cuisine and products made with indigenously grown ingredients. The initiative will also provide employment to local villagers.District magistrate Nitin Singh Bhadauria, said that the first restaurant named ‘ Ho Dajyu ’ would come up in Raghunath mall in Almora.The initiative is part of the Integrated Livelihood Support Project (ILSP) which runs a bakery and fruit processing unit in Hawalbagh, Almora.Bhadauria said that the initiative is aimed to be a win-win one, that is providing visitors with local flavours and generating employment in the area. “Depending on its success, other units would also be set up across the state,” the DM said.Hema Bhatt, a local resident, told TOI, “This project is very important for us. It has given us a chance to come out of our homes and do something worthwhile. Over 500 people have got employment in different units like bakery and food processing.”Mayur Dixit, chief development officer of Almora, said, “Through the project, we wanted to give sustainable livelihood to local people. Pricing and categories of the products that would be offered are being firmed up after market surveys.”