Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru City Corporation’s (MCC) Standing Committee on Public Health, Education and Social Justice visited Indira Canteens in various parts of city recently. The inspection visit of the Members of the Standing Committee under the leadership of its Chairperson Savitha Suresh began from Indira Canteen at K.R. Hospital premises, where a check was conducted on…
Indira Canteens all set to start afresh
May 28, 2023With Congress-led State Govt. deciding to infuse a new lease of life, canteens are expected to bounce back with changes in menu, other new additions Mysore/Mysuru: Indira Canteens in city that were waiting for patrons are all set to get a new lease of life. Following directions from the State Government, the works are on…
Star of Mysore reality check a success: Indira Canteens to overcome discrepancies in a week
March 10, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Indira Canteens which were started in 2017 during the tenure of former Congress Chief Minister Siddharamaiah with the intention of making the State hunger-free are really feeding the poor. Breakfast, lunch and dinner are being provided to the poor everyday at an affordable price — Rs. 5 for breakfast and Rs.10 for Lunch. Idly-Sambar,…
Indira Canteen Reality Check – 9: Cleanliness given priority at Sewage Farm Canteen
March 7, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Cleanliness is given priority at the Indira Canteen located at Sewage Farm in Vidyaranyapuram here. This canteen has facilities such as pure drinking water and hot water to wash utensils. CCTV camera is also working well here. The entire Indira Canteen premises is clean and tidy with MCC Pourakarmikas cleaning the premises now and…
Indira Canteen Reality Check – 3: Number of customers come down to 50 from 300 at Kumbarakoppal
February 26, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Like the Indira Canteens at K.R. Hospital premises and on Jodi Thenginamara Road, this Indira Canteen at Kumbarakoppal was established primarily to cater to the needs of poor people who come to various hospitals on KRS Road. The KRS Road is a home to many hi-tech Government Hospitals that cater to the needs of…
Indira Canteen Reality Check – 2: K.R. Hospital Canteen caters to patients, relatives and labourers
February 25, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: Of all the 11 Indira Canteens that were set up in the city, the one at K.R. Hospital premises is the most busy one as it is always full of customers, majority of whom are patients, their relatives, labourers and students from nearby colleges. This canteen is also better equipped than others and is…
BJP General Secretary C.T. Ravi urges CM to rename Indira Canteens
August 8, 2021Bengaluru: Sparking off a row, BJP National General Secretary and former Karnataka Minister C.T. Ravi on Saturday called on Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai to rename Indira Canteens, a flagship initiative of the previous Congress Government named after late Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. The demand came a day after the Union Government on Friday renamed the…
MLA exposes irregularities in Indira Canteens
June 10, 2021Huge differences in supply of meals Discrepancies in records Mysore/Mysuru: Krishnaraja (KR) MLA S.A. Ramdas has alleged irregularities in free distribution of food to COVID-19 pandemic hit citizens at Indira Canteens by fudging number of beneficiaries. The State Government had announced free meals for everyone at all Indira Canteens across the State in the wake…
MCC owes Rs. 4.20 crore for city Indira Canteens
May 13, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: The functioning of Indira Canteens in city has come under threat as they are running out of funds in the absence of Government grants. The Indira Canteens, set up by the Siddharamaiah-led Congress Government over three years ago as a food subsidisation programme of the State, are now facing a serious financial crisis in…
Free food at city’s 11 Indira Canteens till May 24
May 11, 2021Bengaluru/Mysuru: Realising that thousands of migrants and daily wage workers are going hungry in the absence of work and lack of volunteer organisations that supply free food, during the on-going lockdown, the State Government has ordered all Indira Canteens across the State including Mysuru to provide free food till May 24. The order has been…
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