Many ration shops in Madurai and peripheries have been reportedly indulging in selling essential commodities like sugar below the correct weight to cardholders. When The Hindu team visited a few ration shops, salesmen admitted that they received sugar bags each weighing only 43 kg against the correct weight of 50 kg. As the news of underweight distribution of sugar spread, the ration card holders sent complaints about the “irregularities” to Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MLA P.T.R.P. “The MLA visited a couple of ration shops and inquired with the salesmen,” the people said. Under Central government schemes, 54,323 beneficiaries in the district were eligible to receive essential commodities from the ration shops, he added.

Source: The Hindu January 14, 2017 03:58 UTC