Summary:
While majority of the poor families fully utilize the free rice for their own purpose, most of middle class people neglect them citing its poor quality. “Though we seized some quantity of rice, we could not get the details of person who sold them. We can act only on information,” said an official.Social worker S N Kamakodi Sundar said the several middle class people gave the free rice to their housemaid and poor people known to them. However, the officials maintained that the free rice is on a par with others available in the market.Officials said the rice provided free to priority households (PHH) cards are either sold to rice mills for making flour or to some poor people. Collector warned the status of the card would be changed to NPHH-NC.In Trichy, around 1.2 crore kg of rice are distributed to around 7.24 lakhs cards out of 7.95 lakh cards every month..