We are wasting 943 tonnes of rice per year in Bengaluru alone: CM Siddaramaiah’s Concern

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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah expressed deep concern over the alarming levels of food wastage in Bengaluru, highlighting that 943 tonnes of rice are wasted annually in the city alone.

Speaking at the World Food Day programme organized by the Food and Civil Supplies Department at the Banquet Hall, Vidhana Soudha,the Chief Minister said, ‘I know the suffering of hunger and the value of rice — that is why the Annabhagya scheme was implemented.’

Recalling poet Da.Ra.Bendre’s respect for farmers as Annabrahma,h