Bengaluru: Indira Canteens in the city will serve free food during the period of lockdown announced by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Meanwhile the time frame of the free food services has been extended.

According to the new timing, the Canteens will serve free food in the morning from 7:30 am – 10:00 am, 12:30 pm – 3:00 pm in the afternoon and from 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm in the evening.

The services have been kept open for Daily wage laborers, street vendors and poor citizens. A press statement from the government urged people to maintain discipline and to follow necessary instructions of hygiene while availing the services.

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Bengaluru (PTI): A Mobile Passport Seva van will operate in Madikeri town of Kodagu district from April 8 to 10, offering on-the-spot passport services to applicants.

The van will operate at Gandhi Bhavana in Madikeri town under an initiative launched by the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to take passport services to people in underserved areas by facilitating document verification and biometric data collection closer to their homes, the Regional Passport Office, Bengaluru, said in a statement.

Applicants may book appointments online at the Passport Seva portal under the normal scheme. After payment, they should select the 'mobile van' option while scheduling the appointment, it said.