India
pti-Deepika S
Bengaluru,May 11: The Karnataka government on Tuesday announced free meals thrice a day for the poor, labourers and migrant workers at the ‘Indira Canteens’ across the state till May 24 during the lockdown-like restrictions to contain the spread of COVID-19.
‘To ease hardships that come with the strict restrictions, three free meals will be made available to the poor, migrants and workers in need, at Indira Canteens in Bengaluru and across the state till May 24,’ Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa tweeted on Tuesday.
In a letter to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Chief Commissioner Gaurav Gupta, the Urban Development Department under secretary N K Lakshmisagar said the poor, labourers and migrant labourers will be given free breakfast, lunch and dinner till May 24.
Accordingly, necessary measures need to be taken and a detailed list of the possible footfall has to be prepared, it…