CHENNAI: Narendra Modi’s successor, Gujarat chief minister Anandiben Patel, apparently wants to take a cue from Amma canteens in Tamil Nadu and to replicate it in her state.

A three-member team from Gujarat on Thursday visited the canteen at the Government General Hospital here to understand the functioning of the canteens.

A corporation official said a team-led by Pandav, joint director of employment and training, along with corporation officials visited the canteen and evaluated the process.

“We will have an elaborate discussion with them on Friday,” said a Chennai Corporation official.

The official said the Gujarat team had also tasted food items at the Amma canteen. They were impressed by the project that feeds hundreds of poor people every day.

In May, a team from Egypt visited the canteen to try and implement it in their country.

At these canteens, an idli costs Re 1, a plate of curd rice costs Rs 3, while sambar rice, pongal, lemon rice and curry leaves rice are available for Rs 5 a plate. The canteens were launched Chennai in February 2012 and later extended to the rest of the state.

The popularity of the Amma canteens is thought to be one of the main reasons for the AIADMK’s big victory in the recent parliamentary elections.

The municipal corporations in Hyderabad, Jaipur, Mumbai and New Delhi have already shown interest in the scheme. Officials from Hyderabad and Jaipur have already visited a few canteens in Chennai.

