Date:12/10/2006 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2006/10/12/stories/2006101208850300.htm

Kerala - Alappuzha

`Ration supply hit in State'

Staff Reporter

Government failure to deposit cost of food grains with FCI alleged

ALAPPUZHA: All Kerala Retail Ration Dealers' Association State general secretary R. Radhakrishnan has said that distribution of food grains through ration shops has been stopped.

In a statement here on Wednesday, he said the retail ration shop owners had not received their quota of food grains this month. The food grain distribution was obstructed because of the failure of the Government to deposit the cost of food grains with the FCI.