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| Ambakanti Rajeshwar of Kupti( K) |
Stopping supply of subsidy rice to the children
under Telangana Food Security Cards (TFSC) by the state government hit the poor
families in the district. Supply of
subsidy rice stopped to nearly 3.000 children in May, 2015 in the Adilabad district of Telangana.
Officials concerned have failed to restore the
supply of rice to many children even today after stopping subsidy rice to the
children even after repeated appeals by card holders.
The state government’s move thrown cold water on the
happiness over increased rice quota to each family and revoked restriction on
number of family members eligible for the subsidy rice.
Many FSC holders have been running from pillar to
post for long time for restoration of ration to their children. The state government has revoked the restriction on
number of family members eligible for Rs 1 kg rice and the quantity increased
to 6v kg to each member included in the ration card.
Three months after issuing FSC to BPL families, the
civil supply department staff started stopping 6 kg rice to the children
without prior information to the families. Card holders ran pillar to post on
the issue but nothing has yielded positive. Revenue officials say that they
were restoring the names of the children in the list of eligible family members
for subsidy rice.
Ambakanti Rajeshwar of Kupti (K) village in Neredigonda
said ‘in starting months they got 18 kg subsidized rice each member 6 kg with
their Food Security Card issued by the state government but later 6kg rice was
stopped to his daughter Rishika,5, who was a family member and her name was
included in the card’. ‘The revenue officials have failed to restore the supply
of Rs 6 kg rice to her daughter even after many appeals’, he lamented.
