Concerned over the ration card preparation drive going on at a snail’s pace in many blocks, the Udham Singh Nagar district administration has set August 5 as the deadline before the officials concerned to complete the process in line with the given target.
While reviewing the progress involving ration card preparation on Monday, Pankaj Kumar Pandey, District Magistrate, Udham Singh Nagar, made it clear to all the officials concerned that the process must be completed in all the blocks of the district
by Tuesday.
“Necessary actions will be taken against those Block Development Officers (BDOs) and Regional Supply Officers (RSOs) in whose blocks the process is found incomplete after the deadline expires,” asserted the DM, Udham Singh Nagar. At the same time, the Udham Singh Nagar district administration has also laid stress on maintaining a greater degree of transparency in preparing the ration cards.
The officials concerned involved in preparing the ration cards need not to succumb to any pressure while preparing the ration cards, it is stressed. “Since preparing ration cards for the eligible persons is our top priority the officials concerned are, therefore, supposed to work with utmost sincerity,” the Udham, Singh Nagar district administration maintained. In case any difficulty crops up the officials concerned must take the matter with the district administration promptly so as to facilitate the problem being worked out satisfactorily, stated the DM.
Meanwhile, a BPl list revision process has already been started in Rudrapur block in Udham Singh Nagar so that the eligible persons who have yet not been able to include their names in the BPl list may now approach the officials concerned to get their names enrolled.
The names of the eligible persons are being included in the BPl list in course of the open meetings at village panchayat levels. The process will continue till August 15, informed the officials concerned of the Rudrapur block administration, Udham Singh Nagar. Apart from inclusion of names of the eligible persons, those of the ineligible ones are also being deleted from the BPl list, added the officials concerned.