JMC seeks more staff for food distribution

TNN | Updated: Apr 15, 2020, 13:50 IST

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JAIPUR: The chaos that happened during distribution of free ration packets at Jhalana slum on Monday proved how ill-equipped and unprepared Jaipur Municipal Corporation (JMC) was.
On Tuesday, the JMC asked for more enforcement staff to resume distribution of ration to needy in that area. JMC enforcement head Rakesh Yadav said, “We have been providing dry ration to needy people in slums across the city. On Monday, some people created nuisance at Jhalana slum area which led to crowding. Hundreds of people gathered at one place and it became difficult to manage. Women were in the front due to which we couldn’t do much. This is the first such incident in the city. We have asked for a greater number of force and planning to go on April 16 and 17.”
JMC had planned to distribute 400 ration packets but was able to give away only 25. No arrests were made as JMC officials could not identify persons responsible. JMC usually goes to every household to distribute ration packets, but Monday’s situation was out of control. An official of JMC said, “Questions have been raised that in the lockdown when people are out of jobs especially in the slum areas where there is always a possibility that these kinds of chaos can arise, why was JMC so lenient? They should have gone their with additional force. This not only poses a threat to the officials, but lack of social distancing caused a danger of spreading the virus. Action should be taken against the accused people as well who called people violating.”