The Dehradun district administration has commenced the distribution of about 80,000 smart ration cards in the district while the remaining cards are still under printing procedure. According to the district supply officer (DSO) Jaswant Singh Kandari, the smart ration cards are being distributed through supply offices in the urban areas and through the officials in Gram Panchayats in rural areas of the district. He pointed out that there are about four lakh eligible beneficiaries in the district but since the administration received only about 80,000 printed smart ration cards, the distribution was started in some areas while the remaining cards will be distributed in the coming weeks, informed Kandari.
He said that the beneficiaries are being asked to bring their old ration cards and pay Rs 17 to get the new smart ration card. Meanwhile responding to the rumours that the district supply office will annul those ration cards which are not linked with Aadhar cards, the DSO said that the majority of the ration cards in Dehradun district are linked with Aadhar card and those beneficiaries who have not linked it so far can link the card and update their information easily through nearby supply offices in their respective areas.
