Sortex rice to be supplied to ration card holders: JC

Eluru: Joint Collector M Venugopala Reddy has said that the State government has decided to supply sortex rice to ration card holders in the district from April.

At a meeting organized with bidders on Wednesday night, the JC said that 12.6 lakh white ration card holders will be supplied with the sortex rice. The rice should be packed in quantities of five kgs, 10 kgs, 15 kgs and 20 kgs for easy distribution.

He briefed the rules and regulations in this regard to the bidders who have packing and storage facilities. As fortified rice should also be supplied from December, the rice millers should possess the machinery required for this purpose, he said. Civil Supplies GM Prakasha Rao, DSO Subba Rao and other officials were present.