STATE TIMES NEWS
POONCH: Protests were held against CAPD at different places in Poonch for introducing new ration policy and misappropriating the government ration. They totally rejected the new policy of National Food Security Act (NFSA) and demanded that the same should be withdrawn.
The residents of Panchayat Khanetar Dubrian, Poonch under the leadership of Mohd Azad Chouhan held a protest at Khanetar and blocked the road. The protesters said that the CAPD has misappropriated the ration of 483 flood victim families of September 2014. They alleged that only 200 families were given ration and the ration for 483 families was not distributed among them. They demanded that an immediate inquiry be conducted into the misappropriation of balance ration.
They also rejected the new scheme of NFSA because earlier they were getting 35 kg ration per family (Atta 20 kg and rice 15 kg) but now only 3 kg Atta and 2 kg rice is being given which is not acceptable to them. They demanded immediate revocation of the Act. Prominent among those present in the protest include Mohd Ashraf Naib Sarpanch, Mohd Nizam Din Panch, Mukhtar Ahmed Panch, Haji Abdul Latief and Mohd Rafiq.
Meanwhile the people of Ward No 2, 3 and 5 held a protest against NFSA and blocked the road near Post Office Poonch. They raised slogans against the CAPD Department and staged a sit-in and demanded that the Act should be immediately withdrawn. Prominent among those present include Meenu Kumari, Lalita Devi, Mohd Latief, Mohd Afzal, Rani Devi and Renuka Sharma.
