As many as 4,017 ineligible beneficiaries have returned NFSA cards and Rs 1.38 crore has been collected for availing subsidized rations by July 31 last.
At the same time, 91 cases have been registered in different police stations against illegal cardholders while five beneficiaries have been arrested, informed district Civil Supply Officer (CSO) Raghunath Goumango.
According to the CSO, in Jagatsinghpur block about 513 illegal cardholders returned NFSA cards and Rs 20.11 lakh was recovered from them. FIRs were lodged against six illegal card possessors.
Furthermore, in Erasama block, 252 people returned cards followed by 593 in Balikuda block, 106 in Naugaon block, 474 in Biridi block, 214 in Raghunathpur, 595 in Tirtol, 658 in Kujanga, 152 in Jagatsinghpur Municipality and 460 in Paradip Municipality, the CSO informed.