Sufficient quantity of foodgrains are available in godowns of all disaster affected districts including Pauri, Chamoli, Rudraprayag, Pithoragarh and Uttarkashi in Uttarakhand. Ten thousand food packets have already been sent to the affected districts and additional 20,000 food packets will be sent there by Tuesday evening, said Uttarakhand Food and Civil Supply Principal Secretary Radha Raturi while talking to The Pioneer on Tuesday.
Temporary community kitchens have been established at local level and cooked food is also being provided to the affected persons and pilgrims. As of now, there is no report of shortage of petrol, diesel and cooking gas from any disaster affected district but steps are being taken to send these items there through alternative routes, she added.
Temporary community kitchens have been established at local level and cooked food is also being provided to the affected persons and pilgrims. As of now, there is no report of shortage of petrol, diesel and cooking gas from any disaster affected district but steps are being taken to send these items there through alternative routes, she added.
Uttarkashi district magistrate R Rakesh Kumar said that there is no shortage of food grains in the district. Food is being cooked at 32 different community kitchens and being provided to the affected persons and pilgrims. As of now, there is no shortage of petrol and diesel in the district.
Due to incessant rain causing landslides and disruption of road links at different parts of the district, the movement of vehicles is limited. Food packets are also provided to the victims in the district.
Chamoli district magistrate SA Murugesan said that food grains in adequate quantity are available in the district. Temporary community kitchen at government buildings like schools, colleges and other department offices have been established and food is being provided to the affected persons and pilgrims.
“Due to limited vehicular movement, there is no shortage of petrol and diesel in the district but we have to think of alternative route for receiving these items if roads are not cleared within two days,” he added.
Chamoli district food and civil supply officer MS Rana said that there is no supply of cooking gas in the district from the oil companies since Sunday. To deal with monsoon season, government allocates ration for three months to the districts but this year, we could not receive this quota due to sudden rainfall in the state.