From Our Special Correspondent
Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru

Bengaluru, Oct 11: After its success and popularity among the people with the starting of Indira Canteens to supply breakfast, lunch and dinner at nominal cost in the Bengaluru city corporation wards, the Siddaramaiah government is now set to establish similar Indira Canteens in all district and taluk headquarters in Karnataka from January 1.

The State Cabinet, which met in Bengaluru with Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the chair on Wednesday, decided to direct the Municipal Administration Department to identify locations for establishment of 246 Indira Canteens in all taluk and district headquarters by November 17.

Buildings for setting up all canteens would be completed by December 17.

Briefing reporters after the meeting of the State Cabinet, Karnataka’s Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister T B Jayachandra said canteens would become operations from January 1 next year.

Canteens would established nearby bus-stations, hospitals, railway stations and thickly populated areas where population is not less than one lakh, he said.

A sum of Rs 185 crore would be spent on infrastructure of canteens.

The daily expenses for running these canteens would be Rs 29 lakh and monthly expenditure would be around Rs 9 crore, he said.

Mukhyamantri Anila Bhagya Scheme

On giving LPG connections to poor families, the Minister said one gas cylinder, two burners gas stove, two refills and LED bulbs would be given to families not covered by the Prime Minister’s Ujwala scheme under the Mukhyamantri Anila Bhagya scheme.

The State Cabinet also decided to cover 10 lakh families by March 2018 under the Mukhyamantri Anila Bhagya scheme.

The Ujwala scheme covered eight lakh families. A total of 28 lakh families in the State that have no LPG connections.

Winter session in Belagavi from Nov 13

The winter session of the State Legislature will be held at Suvarna Soudha secretariat building in Belagavi, from November 13 for 10 days.