No implementation of welfare schemes in Bengaluru since 2018
The Hindu
BBMP has been utilising most of the funds for COVID-19 management
Senior citizens recently staged a protest demanding that the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) restart the midday meal programme, not for children but for the elderly. Until two years ago, the civic body would provide midday meals to senior citizens in all wards. However, the programme, which came to a halt in the early days of the pandemic in 2020, has still has not been revived.
The Akhila Karnataka Vayovruddhara Okkoota stated that senior citizens struggled during the pandemic and subsequent lockdowns after the civic body suspended the midday meal programme. But this is not the only welfare scheme that has been suspended; many were stopped even before COVID-19 struck. According to BBMP’s senior officials, no welfare scheme has been implemented since 2018.
“Many files pertaining to welfare schemes have been pending and not approved. The schemes were all put on the back burner on account of the pandemic. Available funds were all diverted for COVID-19 management,” said a senior official, who spoke to The Hindu on condition of anonymity.
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