Additional Chief Secretary, Food and Civic Supplies and Consumer Affairs Department, Government of Jharkhand, Arun Kumar Singh on Saturday conducted a surprise inspection of various Dal Bhat Centers operating in Ranchi District and found no irregularities there. Singh said that the Centers are providing proper food to people.
Singh inspected Dal Bhat Center of Bariatu Police Station. He found that the people were present at the Center and were having food. The Station In-Charge informed that allotment is received for 200 people per day, but due to RIMS hospital, 400-500 people are getting food here daily.
After this Singh visited, the special Dal-Bhat Centre or Chief Minister Mega Kitchen operated at Ruin House, Morhabadi, is equivalent to 10 centers, which are being fed daily to about 8000-10000 persons from the Center for the last two months in collaboration with the operator of the Ruin House. The system of cleanliness and packaging of food was found to be good at the Center. Subsequently, the Anjuman Islamia, a typical Dal Bhat Center, is also equivalent to the 10 Centers operated in the Anjuman Plaza complex located in Hindapiri was inspected.
After that, the Additional Chief Secretary visited the Chief Minister Dal-Bhat Center located in Namkom block. A huge quantity of Khichdi with soybean was prepared at the Center and the system of cleanliness was also found good.
A total of 31 Centers of Mukhya Mantri Dal Bhat Centers, 40 Centers of Special Dal-Bhaat Yojana, 33 Centers of Additional Dal-Bhaat scheme and 22 Centers of Specialized Dal Bhat Yojana are being operated in Ranchi District. A total of 14,61,132 persons have been fed food since last two months.
The State Food Corporation warehouse located in Namkom block was also inspected by Singh. Assistant Warehouse Manager and Transport-cum-Handling agent were present at the warehouse during the inspection. Most of the public distribution system shops were allocated against the allocated food grains of May 2020. During investigation, the capacity of State Food Corporation Godown, Namkom was found to be small and in a very poor condition. The Secretary directed to make land mark available in the Block Headquarters so that a new warehouse can be constructed quickly.
According to the instructions of Ranchi Deputy Commissioner Rai Mahimapat Ray, free food is being provided to the poor and helpless through the Chief Minister Didi Kitchen running in the Panchayats of various blocks of Ranchi District. So far 2326798 people have been provided free food through these centers.
