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Cockroaches found in Karnataka legislators’ hostel canteen
A Karnataka Health Department food safety team has found cockroaches in a restaurant inside the Legislators' House adjacent to Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. The team also seized expired idli rava and coconut…
The Story in Brief
A Karnataka Health Department food safety team has found cockroaches in a restaurant inside the Legislators' House adjacent to Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru. The team also seized expired idli rava and coconut powder from the canteen at Arogya Soudha, the department's own headquarters, and flagged poor hygiene and lack of pest control there.
The August 12 inspections covered four eateries in government buildings. A hotel in the MS Building was closed for unhygienic conditions. Advisory notices were issued to the others. Separately, the department sealed the central kitchen of an Indira Canteen at Gottigere over unhygienic food handling. Legal proceedings have been initiated against the Arogya Soudha canteen operator.
The Indian Opinion
That cockroaches were found where ministers and IAS officers eat says less about one canteen and more about a system that inspects street food vendors harshly but lets government-run eateries slide. The same laxity shows in expired rava at the Health Department's own canteen. The real test of this drive will be whether the same fines and closures applied to roadside stalls are actually enforced here, or if advisory notices remain just that.
Sources (2): thehindu.com, indiatoday.in
This story was synthesised by AI from the 2 sources linked above.
