Door-delivery of rations: Staff bear the brunt as transport cost exceeds allocation

RATION shop supervisors are frowning at the allocation of expenses by the cooperative department to distribute rations to beneficiaries under the Thayumanavar Scheme, as the allocated amount, according to them, is not sufficient to deliver the goods.

- M SARAVANAN @ Coimbatore

They say they can’t meet the expense of hiring mini-load vans to supply the rations to the elderly and differently-abled card holders under the scheme. And they have no option than to bear the additional cost incurred for the delivery of essential ration supplies on the doorstep of the targeted beneficiaries.

A supervisor, who did not want to be named, said, “The cooperative department has allocated ₹36 per card as expenses to the shop to distribute rations to beneficiaries in the urban area. It is fixed at ₹40 and ₹100 per card for the rural and hill area.