India, Sept. 25 -- Anger is brewing among the city's poor after hundreds of families discovered that their Below Poverty Line (BPL) status had been cancelled without notice.

On Wednesday, around 150 unorganised workers and slum dwellers, most of them women, gathered at the Commissioner of Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department office on Cunningham Road to protest the move, which they say threatens their survival, Deccan Herald reported.

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The protesters submitted a letter to Commissioner V V Jyotsna, stressing that the BPL card is not just a ration card but a lifeline, essential for food rations, pensions, scholarsh...