In response to complaints that ration card holders in Tripura’s Khowai district haven’t obtained their final month’s quota of atta, Meals Minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Wednesday assured that the ration card holders would obtain the flour as quickly as doable.
Earlier this month, Nirmal Biswas, an MLA from the Opposition CPM, wrote to Chowdhury that card holders in Khowai obtained maida and semolina however not atta throughout Durga Puja.
Chowdhury mentioned the state authorities had, for the primary time, supplied free 1 kg of sugar, 2 kg of maida and 500 g of semolina to almost 9.83 lakh ration card holders throughout the state throughout Durga Puja.
Chowdhury additional defined that not all the state’s 2,079 ration retailers have the identical storage capability.
“We spoke to the division involved, which later contacted the native SDM. It was discovered that individuals had been in a rush throughout Durga Puja, and consequently, they needed to retailer the free PDS supplies rapidly, which is why the flour couldn’t arrive on time. Nevertheless, I guarantee you that ration card holders will obtain their flour quickly,” the minister mentioned.
