Ration depots in valley without sugar supply during Ramadan

With Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (CAPD) Department’s inordinate delay in tendering and procurement, ration depots across Kashmir valley are without any sugar supplies from last four months. Despite the beginning of Ramadan, the month of Muslim fasting, which would witness extra sugar ration to the consumers from the government, this year the public is yet to receive its regular supplies. Consumer from across the valley have been calling this newspaper complaining about the non-availability of sugar in ration depots and rising prices of the sweet commodity in the open…

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