CM Yogi directs nine district officials to ensure provision of food grains to poor

Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed nine district officials, including from Meerut and Saharanpur on Tuesday, to ensure sufficient supply of food grains to the poor, an official said. The official said the meeting was held via a video link.

He emphasized on free ration distribution to Antyodaya card holders, MGNREGS labourers, registered labourers of the labour department and daily wage labourers of the urban development department. Social distancing should be followed while the distributing the food grains at e-POS shops.

Adequate arrangement of sanitisers, soaps, and water should be maintained at every shop, and only after washing hands, the ePOS machines should be used. No crowding should take place at the ration shops and social distancing must be adhered to.