Indira Canteens were started by the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) in 2017 with the aim of providing affordable, good quality food to citizens across all walks of life. Now, five years later, holding a stark contrast to the state of most such canteens, the Indira Canteen in Dharmarayaswamy temple ward carries forward that objective by dishing out at least 2,500 – 3,000 meals a day to hungry customers. This comes amid lack of adequate funds by the government and alleged poor management
In 2017, selling over 3,000 meals a day, this place held the record for giving out the highest number of meals in a day amongst all the Indira Canteens. Today, it sells 1,350 plates of breakfast, 1,200 plates of lunch and 500 – 600 plates of dinner, according to the cashier at the canteen. He notes that whenever there is idly for breakfast, more people arrive at the canteen. For lunch, most of them prefer white rice and sambar/rasam over other rice forms.
