Social welfare department minister, Govinda M Karajola, said on Wednesday that inmates have been receiving food from Iskcon for the past one week on a trial basis.
The inmates of Beggars’ Colony on Magadi Road at Sumanahalli will be provided with food, supplied from Iskcon.
Social welfare department minister, Govinda M Karajola, said on Wednesday that inmates have been receiving food from Iskcon for the past one week on a trial basis.
Now, the government has decided to continue with the plan for the betterment and good health of the inmates.
Karajola said that inmates will get three meals a day, for which the department will pay Rs35 per head, per day to Iskcon. Apart from this, the colony kitchen will prepare ragi mudde (red millet balls), chapati and gruel required by the inmates.
In addition to this, the Art of Living (AOL) is conducting yoga sessions to the inmates. The classes will be held between 6am and 7.30am daily.
Karajola also inaugurated a water treatment plant set up at a cost of Rs12 lakh. He said that the department will give more importance in maintaining the hygiene conditions of the inmates.
To avoid more tragedies, the government has deployed medical staff in the colony to treat the inmates. The BBMP on its part has deployed 20 conservancy staff. New uniforms with the inmates’ identity numbers have also been distributed, he said.
The minister said that more than 200 inmates would be released after they promised that they will not beg in the city.
Karajola also said that a biometric system will be introduced to keep track of the inmates.
The department is planning to transfer old aged and orphaned inmates to NGOs, which run with government funds, he added.
Meanwhile, the report of the probe conducted by IAS officer, S Selva Kumar, into the tragedy will be submitted within four days, to the state government, the minister said.
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