Nizamabad: The state government has finally decided to issue new ration cards to people and applications are being considered online from April 1 and the new cards will be issued within 30 days.
There are 3.76 lakh ration cards in Nizamabad, but people have been eagerly waiting for new cards for five years. Newly married couples and divided families are the ones who have applied for these new cards. After introduction of ePoS in PDS, the civil supplies department stopped issuing new ration cards.
District civil supplies officer B.N.V.V. Krishna Prasad said that eligible persons can apply for new ration cards in Mee Seva centres.
“Printing of new cards has not yet been decided, but food security cards will be issued immediately. Existing ration card holders need not re-apply to get new cards,” he said. Meanwhile, people thronged Mee Seva centres with Aadhaar details of family members.
