Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 28: Expressing concern over the malfunctioning of CAPD Department, CPI (M) State Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said that the existing practice of the department is found of organized corruption.
In a statement Tarigami said, “the public distribution system has gone for a toss in the Valley. While we are still in the month of May, the department has stopped providing ration for this month and is now issuing the ration for month of June.”
The CPI (M) leader said scores of delegations informed him that CAPD Department has issued an order to stop giving rations for a particular month after 24th day of that month. “Why the poor people are denied an opportunity of availing the rations for the entire month?”, he asked.
Tarigami said the practice is definitely going to result in non-lifting of the stocks from the ration depots, which seems to be the aim of the corrupt elements in the system. “It is this stock which cannot be lifted from the ration depots that find their way into the black market later,” he added.
Tarigami said the situation in kerosene distribution was worse than the food grain distribution. The depot holders are not providing kerosene for the past two months on the pretext that no supplies have been received.
Tarigami appealed the CAPD Minister to intervene and ensure that people of the Valley have an opportunity to avail the ration for the entire month.
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