Under the Public Distribution System (PDS), allotment of 15,000 kilo-litre (kl) kerosene has been issued for the current month (May) for the ration card holders and kerosene vendors in the State. Of the total, 14,033-kl has been allotted for the ration card holders and 967-Kl for vendors.
Ration card holders of all the urban areas of the State will get 2-litre of kerosene per ration card, whereas, in the scheduled rural areas, the supply will be of maximum 4-litres per card and for the non-scheduled areas, it is 3-litres per card.
Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Protection Department officers on Wednesday said that 588-Kl kerosene has been allotted to Bastar (Jagadalpur) district, 180-Kl to Bijapur, 168-Kl to Dantewada, 456-Kl to Kanker, 324-Kl to Kondagaon, 60-Kl to Narayanpur, 168-Kl to Sukma, 1016-Kl to Bilaspur, 978-Kl to Janjgir-Champa, 660-Kl to Korba, 540-Kl to Mungeli, 840-Kl to Raigarh, 384-Kl to Balod, 456-Kl to Bemetara, 924-Kl to Durg, 612-Kl to Kabirdham, 792-Kl to Rajnandgaon, 816-Kl to Balaudabazar-Bhattapara, 384-Kl to Dhamtari, 456-Kl to Gariyaband, 612-Kl to Mahasamund, 948-Kl to Raipur, 492-Kl to Balrampur-Ramanujganj, 600-Kl to Jashpur, 396-Kl to Korea, 564-Kl to Sarguja and 516-Kl to Surajpur district.