Committee demands distribution of five months worth of PDS rice
Source: The Sangai Express
Bishnupur, July 30 2017:
Demand Committee Against Erratic PDS Supply Under NFSA 2013 Nambol AC, organised public meeting at Nambol bazar community hall today and also took out a public rally condemning the failure to provide five months worth of PDS under the National Food Security Act for the people of Nambol AC .
Convenor of the demand committee, L Sorojini Devi pointed out that there is a hiatus regarding the replacement and appointment of new agents fro Nambol AC and the committee had also approached the DC to take up necessary actions to provide the missing rice to the people .
She alleged that in the midst of all the confusion, it came to light that yesterday, the FCS inspector and the DSO had withdrawn the rice quota for the month of June and the DC had not been informed about the process .
This incident has aroused suspicions that the missing five months worth of PDS rice might also have been withdrawn in a similar manner, she added .
She urged the State Government to look into the matter at the earliest and to take up necessary steps to provide the missing rice to the people and ease their suffering and also threatened to launch intense agitation if the authority concerned failed to provide any tangible response .
A rally was also organised in the surrounding area of Nambol bazar with the participants shouting slogans condemning the failure to distribute the rice to the people and demanding necessary and stringent actions against those involved.