Mir Iqbal
Srinagar, Jan 1: Department of Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) is all set go online to prevent bogus ration cards across Kashmir valley.
The initiative was taken after the department received frequent complaints of mismanagement in distribution of ration.
Although, the digitization projected was started last year, but the work on it was intensified from last few months after hundreds of flood affected families alleged that they were not able to get ration from depots, as the same supply was distributed among the bogus ration card holders.
Officials of the department said that hundreds of deserving families were not availing the benefits of Government supply and to registered their grievances, these families many a times staged protests by blocking roads.
They said to end this mismanagement permanently the department started the digitization of data to put end to the fake ration cards.
Now, this whole problem will be solved with digitization in the department which will be implemented next month. People of every locality will be registered online serial wise and they will also get to know about the availability of supplies.
Director, CAPD, Bilal Ahmad Bhat told Excelsior that the department has digitized data of Fair Price Shops and go downs, and emphasized that the remaining work of digitization would be completed within this month. “We have started the project for public domain, once the objections will come and addressed, then it will be connected to portal,” he said, adding, the department is sure that from next month everything will be online.
He said after the process of digitising is over, they would start online issuance of ration cards and other works making everything transparent in the department.
“People will have to fill the declaration form and their details will go online. This is being done to do away with fake ration cards which create problems in fair distribution of ration, the blame of which later comes on the department,” Bhat said.
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