Dozens of elderly women on Wednesday staged a demonstration at the Collectorate here against the rejection of their ration cards.
Shouting slogans, they demanded that the ration cards issued to them must be declared valid. While meeting them, officials assured that the women would not be deprived of their rations. The ration card verification work was underway in all the wards of the city. During the process the officials are cancelling the ration cards of many destitute, poor, elderly persons, and those physically challenged. This has been repeatedly opposed by people as well as by opposition parties including Congress. People from different wards have been reaching at the Collectorate and staging protests. Sources said ration cards of more than 600 elderly women in Ramkund board have been cancelled.
The affected people reached the collectoreate under the leadership of ward councillor Pramod Dubey, Dhananjaya Singh, and Yogesh Tiwari. The affected people said after the rejection of their ration cards they are not getting essential commodities as a result they are facing hunger.Councillor Dubey said he has held a discussion with Additional District Magistrate Sanjay Agrawal and district food officer Dayamani Minj.
Both officials have been told that the condition of people have deteriorated as they are deprived of the ration.If the rations were not given to them, their conditions are likely to deteriorate further.The officials promised him to conduct a probe and provide ration to those needy.