
FOOD SECURITY

Society

Governance
Lockdown Challenge: How many hungry people are there in Bengaluru?
The State had no plan to combat hunger. Authorities capable of verifying voter identity cards in every slum and ghetto in the City, failed to even gauge the scale of food insecurity triggered by the lockdown. The BBMP gave out only 68,000 ration kits whereas NGOs took up a bulk of the task of feeding the hungry. Nobody knows how many went hungry.

Health
COVID-19 lockdown: “Two weeks after BBMP survey, migrant workers in Mahadevapura and Doddagubbi remain hungry”

Governance
‘WithBengaluru’ collective delivers over 11,000 ration kits to the poor, asks CM to solve the larger crisis

Governance
COVID-19 lockdown: Is universalising PDS the need of the hour?
In an emergency like the present, the state should ensure that the poor — estimated to be around 20 lakh in Bengaluru — have access to its public distribution system. Interestingly, the Food and Civil Supplies Department says there are only 16 lakh ration cards in the city. This, while there is enough to feed all for 15 months, say experts.