Srinagar, 23 May: - Senior
Congress leader and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori today meet with
Minister CA&PD Chowdhary Ramzan, here in summer capital Srinagar and
complained that the government- run ration shop has remained defunct and
informed that people from various parts of Chatroo, Chingam, Durbeel, Sigdi,
Kuchal, Drabshallah, Bunjwah, Saroor, Sarthal, Keshwan, Thakrie, Thathri,
Phigsoo, Khara, Bhatyas, Jakyas and other parts are facing acute shortage of
ration.
Prominent among those Directors of
CA&PD Jammu G. S. Chib oher senior officers were also present in the
meeting.
He informed Minister
CA&PD that he (Saroori) met with many deputations at his residence Jammu
and Kashmir and all are alleging that the department of consumer affairs and
public distribution (CAPD) has still not distributed ration for the month of
April and May in many areas of Inderwal constituency.
Saroori said ration is not being
distributed fairly as per the requirement and there has been scarcity of the
food grains in the remote and mountainous belts of Erstwhile Doda district.
He
demanded early distribution of 35 kgs of ration per family. He also demanded
enactment of the Food Security Act in the state to provide ration to the
consumers at par with the rest of the country beside demanded to increase the
tenure of ration card from 2 to 5 years from current year.
Minister for CAPD gave patient
hearing to the demands and asked the CA&PD Director Jammu G. S. Chib to
effectively monitor the distribution mechanism in the hilly areas and ensure that
due quota of ration reaches to the people in time. He asked Director CAPD Jammu
to coordinate and ensure availability of monthly quota.
Ramzan called for stern action
against those dealers who violate the prescribed norms and also directed
officers to conduct regular market checks to monitor rates and quality of
essential commodities besides keeping a check on black marketing and
profiteering.
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