mysuru the department of food and civil supplies deputy director ka rameshwarappa said they have stopped supplying ration to nearly two lakh people in the district who have still not linked their aadhaar with ration cards taking part in a phonein programme hosted by vijaya karnataka here on thursday he said the department had requested consumers multiple times to link their aadhaar with the card about 1740 lakh people out of the 20 lakh in the district have done it aadhaar has become mandatory after digitization linking the two documents makes our work more effective those who have done it currently get sms based eligibility list and required codes every month he said vigilance committee many people from rural and urban areas had complained about inefficacy and poor services and lack of punctuality of fair price shops rameshwarappa said they have formed a vigilance committee per shop comprising card holders of the same shop to monitor these issues he said the shops were asked to conduct ahara adalath every month to address customer grievances but the shops continue to ignore the instruction meanwhile mysuru rural resident basavaraju complained that fair price shops are demanding excess amounts to provide ration rameshwarappa instructed officials to verify the issue and take action immediately apply online another resident sp vijay said i had applied for a new apl card a year ago but i am yet to get any response from the department rameshwarappa said new card distribution drive will starts from january 2017 those who want apl cards can only apply online and only aadhar is required for the process the new card will reach people at their doorsteps he said bpl card aspirants should submit documents of electricity bill aadhaar and residential proof they can get new cards within the seven days under sakala scheme he added change problem he said the department was also hit by demonetization as per the directives of food and civil supplies minister we had given november and december rations on loan basis the department will shortly give cash coupons to customers to reduce the change problems he said tnn published on dec 23 2016 at 0520 pm ist telegram facebook copy link be the first one to comment comment now comments comment now read comment 1 all comments post post find this comment offensive choose your reason below and click on the submit button this will alert our moderators to take actions reasons for reporting foul language defamatory inciting hatred against a certain community out of context spam others report join the community of 2m industry professionals subscribe to our newsletter to get latest insights analysis download etretail app get realtime updates save your favourite articles scan to download app civil supplies basavaraju sp vijay ahara adalath ka rameshwarappa homenewsindustryfailure in aadhaar linking leads to ration supply cut