Gonikoppalu April.5: At the Panchayat range, Channangi Store at Channayyanakote, Tahsildar Nandish Kumar of Veerajapet taluk realizing discrimination in the distribution of rations to the poorest workers went to the shop and warned shop owners to avoid discrimination in rations earlier on Sunday morning. Though the district administration has instructed that 70 kg of rice should be given to the last card at 35 kg per month the shop was distributing only 54kg. Siddappa, a local tribal leader, objected to this. But the shop owner was unresponsive. The poor people were discriminated and they called the taluk Tahshildar Nandish Kumar to solve this.
The staff of the department along with Tahsildar Nandish Kumar and Ponnampet Taluk Panchayat Executive Shanmukha visited the site.
In the wake of the coronavirus scare, rations should be distributed via mobile OTP.It has been revealed that rationing is in the old fashioned type. Distribution of rations was taking place without maintaining a social gap. Tahsildar instructed to stop rationing immediately and instructed to give rations on the basis of the customer's mobile OTP. Also, workers who received less rice were sent back to the shop and, as a rule, distributed 70 kg of rice for two months.Tahsildar Nandish Kumar, warned them to give rations as per the government's rule. He advised the token system to be in effect from 7 am.
The tribal leaders Shanthakumar, Ashoka, Appanna, Muttu, Soma, Raju, Arun, Neela and PDO Rajan were present.
- H.K. Jagdish
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