‘2.93 lakh card holders did not turn up to collect ration’

Delhi | Tuesday | 15th May, 2018

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So far, about 55,000 notices have been issued to the 2.93 lakh ration card holders, the department said. About 2.93 lakh card holders had not turned up to take the ration in January, February and March. “It is also important to mention here that not even a single ration card holder among 2.93 lakh suspect beneficiaries turned up with any grievance for not getting ration,” the department said. The department had decided to stop the ration of such ration card-holders from May till the verification was completed. more-inA total of 2.93 lakh ration card holders had not turned up to take their rations for three months after a biometric-linked system was introduced in January and none of them had approached the government so far, the Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Department said in a statement on Monday..