Over 94,000 quintals of rice and 30,000 quintals of wheat have been distributed to fair price shops to be handed over to beneficiaries of the Anna Bhagya scheme for the month of May.
There are over 6,09,110 below the poverty families. Apart from this, 6,09,000 kg of oil palm and salt had also been distributed.
There are over 1,057 fair price shops in the district.
K. Rameswarappa, Deputy Director of the Food and Civil Supplies Department, said that measures had been taken to ensure that foodgrains will reach the beneficiaries and not be misused.
Similarly, the fair price shop owners have been instructed not to deprive any below the poverty line family of foodgrain citing whimsical reasons, Mr. Rameshwarappa said, adding that people could register their complaints on the toll-free number 1967.
Over 7,860 new applications had been received in May for BPL and APL cards and of them 2,118 applications had been processed, the Deputy Director said.
