Kathmandu, July 22: A tripartite collaboration
has been created among Nepali, Indian and Chinese entrepreneurs to provide
‘sattvic’ food to the pilgrims visiting the Mansarovar Kailash.
Madhuban Foods and Association of Kailash Tour
Operators Nepal (AKTON) have joined hands to provide Hindu vegetarian foods.
AKTON president Prakash Shrestha and Managing
Director of Madhuban Foods Sumit Pratap Gupta have come to an agreement to run
the catering service for the entire Kailash Tour.
Shrestha said that a robust collaboration was
formed among India, Nepal and China to conduct the pilgrimage season with a new
experience of ‘sattvic’ or simple food to the thousands of Hindu pilgrims
expected to visit the site this year onwards.
He is the Chief Coordinator of the project and
is supported by all AKTON members to oversee the logistics for moving all goods
and raw materials to China while Gupta is leading the operations on the ground.
“In the arduous terrain
of the trip, when pilgrims are well fed, they shall be able to complete the
pilgrimage with total satisfaction. Better food and a professionally curated
and standardised service will create influx of pilgrims, thereby creating more
job opportunities in Nepal,” said Shrestha.
He termed the
collaboration as one of the strongest ties ever among the three neighbours.
Chief Executive Officer
of China-India Pilgrims Service Centre stressed that this path breaking
collaboration would address the focus and intent to serve fresh, nutritious and
healthy food to all the pilgrims coming for the pilgrimage.
“This collaboration among
India, China and Nepal evolves our service to the next level of excellence,
ensuring vital meal to every pilgrim curated for their palate and health,” he
said.
Until now, the pilgrims
are preparing food in their mobile kitchens. The kitchens were temporarily set
wherever the group used to take halt.
About 20,000 pilgrims
visited the Kailash Mansarovar last year.
This year Madhuban Foods
has served about 6700 pilgrims in the last 10 weeks.
Published in The Rising Nepal daily on 23 July 2018.
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