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Construction of kitchens shall ordinarily be based on the following norms namely :– (a) the general kitchen shall ordinarily be located at a central place inside the prison so that the distribution of food among the prisoners may be finished quickly. The kitchen shall not be built close to the wards; (b) the minimum space requirement in the kitchen shall be hundred square meters per hundred prisoners, as far as possible. It shall facilitate sufficient space for storage of provision articles, vegetables, dressing and cutting food, containers and cooking utensils etc; (c) the kitchen shall be well ventilated and lighted; (d) the kitchen shall have ovens which shall be of the type in which the heat does not escape outside and the smoke is let out by a suitable chimney regardless of the type of fuel used; (e) the kitchen shall be protected by a fly proof wire mesh all around. Sufficient number of exhaust fans shall be installed and artificial ventilation may be provided if necessary. The kitchen shall be provided with fly-proof automatic closing doors; (f) each kitchen shall be provided with adequate supply of pure water which shall be used for both cooking and washing. The water shall be collected from taps inside the kitchen; (g) cooking and serving utensils shall be made of stainless steel. It shall be ensured that automated machines, piped LP Gas, appropriate cooking utensils, crockery, service vessels, vegetable choppers, masala grinders, hot cases, chapati warmers, refrigerators and other such instrument/equipment are provided in the kitchen as per requirement. Chimneys with air cooling system shall be installed in the kitchen as per requirement; (h) a provision for covered dining space in prisons so that prisoners may take their meals under a roof and on a platform; (i) the walls of the kitchen shall be provided tiles up to a height of seven feet for easy cleaning. It shall have floors made of an impermeable material; and (j) the kitchen complex shall ordinarily have a barrack to house the prisoners employed therein. Norms for construction of hospitals.