Farmers Movement Archive

9,485 homes supplied ration so far, says DC

Bathinda, March 31To ensure direct access of the ration to people, the district administration is currently supplying ration to people on the doorstep through 20 wholesale vendors in the city. Four wholesalers of them have supplied rations to 9,485 homes on online orders received so far.Giving this information, Deputy Commissioner B Srinivasan said two arrangements had been made for the supply of ration. Under the first provision, vehicles laded with material of daily use were going to different wards and citizens could buy items as per their needs. Besides, under the second arrangement, the mobile number of 20 wholesalers had been released for the city residents and any citizen could call and order groceries as per his requirement.Sharing the information, the Deputy Commissioner said so far Reliance had delivered goods at 3,000 homes, Big Bazaar at 113, Big Mega Mart 158 and Best Price at 6,214. Now, 16 more stores had started their service on Sunday.Amarinder Singh Tiwana, SDM, Bathinda, said the supply chain of groceries to rural areas had now been restored. Rampura Phul SDM Khushdil Singh said 12 vehicles were sent to 21 wards of Rampura Phul for the supply of ration and three for supplying material to nearby settlements. So far, goods had been delivered at all the houses and the number of vehicles would have to be reduced as the demand had now decreased. Besides, the supply of goods to the village grocery stores had also been restored. Similarly, in Bhagta, four vehicles were delivering ration on the doorstep in 12 wards.Talwandi Sabo SDM Virender Singh said home supplies were also being made at Talwandi Sabo and Rama Mandi. In these two towns, four to five vehicles used to supply ration, but now the demand had reduced to two vehicles per town. These vehicles carried items of daily use.Around 52 vehicles had been deputed for supplying ration in the urban and rural areas of Maur subdivision. Tehsildar Ramesh Kumar Jain said the demand for ration had now decreased. He said the supply chain had also been restored to villages.Ration distributed to needyAmritsar: Amritsar Improvement Trust Chairman Dinesh Bassi on Monday distributed ration to Class IV employees, including sanitation workers, sewermen and beldars etc.He said he visited their homes in Verka and Mohkampura area. He also visited Rasulpur Kalar village where he distributed vegetables to needy persons. Due to imposition of curfew, people especially daily wagers and labourers were at receiving ends.Various NGOs and people have come forward for helping needy persons. Bassi said teams have been constituted to identify those who were in need of ration and other essential items. He also got installed CCTV cameras in New Amritsar Area besides ordering sanitisation of the areas.Employee leader donates 10% salary for Covid reliefTarn Taran: Manjit Singh Chahal, state general secretary of the Employees’ Federation (Powercom), has offered 10 per cent of his salary for the Chief Minister’s Corona Relief Fund.The leader, in a letter to Er Baldev Singh Sran, Chief Managing Director (CMD), Powercom, has expressed his concern over the worldwide outbreak of the virus, which has badly created terror among people. Manjit Singh has called people to unite at this time of need. — OC43,532 gas cylinders supplied to agenciesThe supply of cooking gas is now normal in Bathinda. Deputy Commissioner B Srinivasan said in the last four days, 43,532 gas cylinders had been supplied to various agencies. In the past 24 hours, 11,732 gas cylinders had been supplied. However, there were 9,344 new bookings on Sunday. According to Mandeep Singh, District Food Supply Controller, there is no shortage of gas.

The Tribune

2020-04-01