The city’s civic body has decided to propose to the State government to hand over 178 Indira Canteens in the city to ISKCON without calling tenders, availing 4G exemption under the Karnataka Transparency in Public Procurements Act, 1999.
“This is a social welfare programme that cannot be run by companies with commercial interests. The government wants a good partner with a service motto, for which ISKCON is a good candidate. We will propose to the State government in the next two days to hand over the canteens to ISKCON,” said Tulasi Maddineni, Special Commissioner (Finance), Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP).
Claiming irregularities by commercial companies, she said the system needs to be reformed. “We will post marshals at each canteen, who will collect money and issue tokens and credit the money collected into BBMP accounts every day, which will give us a clear idea of the number of meals sold,” she said.
