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Bosky Khanna ByExpress News ServiceBENGALURU: “We ate tomato rice on Monday and that was the only meal we had. Some of them go to an Indira Canteen nearby in twos and threes, or obtain food from NGOs distributing food to homeless workers. Five days after the lockdown was announced, the BBMP has worked out measures to supply food packets to nearly one lakh labourers stranded in the city. The BBMP has partnered with 12 organisations and citizens for the supply of 2,33,669 meals a day, including 1,75,700 meals from Indira Canteens. BBMP Commissioner B H Anil Kumar added that Rs 10 lakh has been released to all eight zones to supply food and essentials..