Warning the officers that they will be 'personally responsible' for starvation deaths of eligible beneficiaries, the Delhi government has ordered tꦇhe restoration of 2.53ꦕ lakh ration cards in the national capital
Between July and August, the Delhi government claimed that over 2.50 lakh ration cards were cance🎶lled allegedly by Delhi's Food Com𒁃missioner, despite strong objections by the Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain.
In a circular issued last week, Hussain ordered officials to immediate🤡ly restore the cancelled cards.
"The Minister by virtue of powers conferred by the TPDS (Targeted Public Distribution System) Control order, 2015 to the state government has accordingly directed that the FSOs (Food and Supply Officers) of circles shall immediately restore the deleted 2,53,178 ration ca♚rds," the circular read.
In July, the death of three minorgirls by starvation in East Delhi's Mandawali had triggereꦚd a huge political slugfest in the national capital, which had brought a lot of criticism to the way oಌf ruling Aam Aadmi Party.
In the circular, Hussain a🌼lso said that ﷺnon-compliance of the directions "shall invite stringent disciplinary action against the FSO/FSI (Food and Supply Inspector)".
"Any death occurring in Delhi due to starvation/non-availability of ration to the otherwise eligible beneficiaries whose card has been cancelled without proper verification, shall also invite criminal action besides disciplinary action against the concerned FSO/FSI for which🤡 they shall be personally responsible," it said.
IANS
