Bengaluru, Mar 12 (PTI) The LPG supply scarcity in Karnataka has led to apprehension about the continuity of the Indira Canteens in the city, sources in the municipal body said on Thursday.
Indira Canteens are the Congress government’s flagship initiatives which were started by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah during his previous stint from 2013 to 2018.
There are about 180 Indira canteens in the city, which were built to feed the urban poor at a highly subsidised price. They offer breakfast at Rs five and meals for Rs 10.
The canteens have been functioning perfectly well till now, but the Iran-Israel-US conflict has cast its shadow on these government run canteens.
According to GBA sources, the vendors of the Indira Canteen told the Greater Bengaluru Authority (GBA) officials that their services may be affected if the LPG crisis continues in the state.
“These vendors had come to us and communicated their hardship. Accordingly, we wrote to the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs department asking them to restore the supply of LPG. Today also we raised the issue with the government,” a GBA official told PTI.
He said the functioning of the Indira Canteens should not be affected because there are many urban poor who are entirely dependent on them. PTI GMS GMS KH
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