At a time when migrant labourers and slum dwellers are struggling to survive every day, the civic body had decided to reduce the number of food packets delivered to them, claiming there was no need for so many as people had returned to their hometowns. The decision, however, was forced into being reversed just a day later after corporators argued that the number of people had only grown.

The order to reduce the supply of food packets came on Saturday and while the supply dropped by about 20 per cent on average in the city, in some wards like M East, it was reduced by around 25 per cent. Corporators reported that on Sunday, they received half the number of food packets which resulted in chaos during distribution.