Now, BBMP introduces app to monitor food parcel distribution at Indira Canteen

Distributors have to upload photos of food packets in the hands of the public

A week after rolling back norms that mandated collection of Aadhaar and mobile numbers of persons who receive free food packets from Indira Canteen, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has introduced a mobile application to monitor food parcel distribution, drawing ire. Those distributing food are instructed to take photographs of the food parcels in the hands of the public and upload these images on the ‘Indira Canteen Parcel Distribution’ app. In case of more than three parcels being distributed to one individual, staffers need to take their phone number, a photo of the family’s ration card, and also distribute the food packets after logging in these details and receiving an OTP. With several glitches, the app has marred food distribution at many canteens and even when the app is working fine, it has delayed distribution.