Six Indira Canteens are ready, but yet to be inaugurated in twin cities

  • | Tuesday | 6th November, 2018

“We are opening the Indira Canteens in a phased manner and we don’t want to create unnecessary chaos by opening all the seven canteens at a time. The three canteens opened at S M Krishna Nagar, Sonia Gandhi Nagar and New English School in Hubballi in September, have been receiving an overwhelming response.However, the Indira canteens set up at Unkal, New Bus Terminus, Bengeri in Keswapur and KIMS, are yet to be inaugurated. We are ready to supply food to all the canteens if they are opened at a time. “We have discussed the matter with the HDMC commissioner and the canteens will be inaugurated by November 15,” he said. Besides, the canteens at Mini Vidhan Soudha and New Bus Stand in Dharwad are also to be opened.Prakash Pawar, an operation manager of an agency which supplies food to all canteens in twin cities told TOI, “People are enjoying quality food at an affordable cost at the three opened canteens.

HUBBALLI: After opening three Indira Canteens in the city two months ago, the authorities have failed to take measures to open the four other such canteens in the city.Indira Canteens were one of the flagship projects of the then Congress government led by Siddaramaiah . The canteens have become a huge hit in Bengaluru and other parts of the state. The three canteens opened at S M Krishna Nagar, Sonia Gandhi Nagar and New English School in Hubballi in September, have been receiving an overwhelming response.However, the Indira canteens set up at Unkal, New Bus Terminus, Bengeri in Keswapur and KIMS, are yet to be inaugurated. Besides, the canteens at Mini Vidhan Soudha and New Bus Stand in Dharwad are also to be opened.Prakash Pawar, an operation manager of an agency which supplies food to all canteens in twin cities told TOI, “People are enjoying quality food at an affordable cost at the three opened canteens. We are ready to supply food to all the canteens if they are opened at a time. But we do not know why there has been a delay in opning the six other Indira canteens.”“We serve breakfast from 7.30 am to 10 am, lunch from 12.30 pm to 3 pm and dinner from 6 pm to 8 pm. Breakfast costs Rs 5 while lunch and dinner Rs 10. For breakfast, idli and sambhar/chutney is served. Puliyogare, kharabath, pongal, rava kichadi, chitranna, vangibath and kharabath and kesaribath will be served from Monday to Sunday, respective. For lunch and dinner, rice with vegetable sambar and curd rice is available,” he added. HDMC commissioner Shakeel Ahamed said there wasn’t any technical problem in opening the other canteens. “We are opening the Indira Canteens in a phased manner and we don’t want to create unnecessary chaos by opening all the seven canteens at a time. We opened three canteens in the first phase and also got a positive feedback from the public. We are now ready to open four more canteens in Hubballi and two in Dharwad in the next week after Deepavali,” he added.Condemning the delay in opening of Indira Canteen in Hubballi-Dharwad Central constituency, Congress workers blocked a road and burnt an effigy of former chief minister Jagadish Shettar here on Monday.Led by Hubballi-Dharwad City Congress unit president Altaf Hallur, Youth Congress, NSUI and Mahila Congress workers staged a protest in Gokul Road and at Keshwapur. Hallur said MLA Shettar was playing dirty politics to start the canteens. “Indira Canteen is one of the important schemes of the Siddaramaiah government and Shettar should have shown interest to inaugurate it for the benefit of common people,” he said. If authorities fail to inaugurate the canteen at Keshwapur by November 15, then the Congress party will inaugurate it by inviting district minister R V Deshpande, he added.HDMC zonal assistant commissioner V M Hiremath said no elected representative had opposed the inauguration of the canteens. “We have discussed the matter with the HDMC commissioner and the canteens will be inaugurated by November 15,” he said.

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