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Tripura: 447 tribal families staring at food crisis as bad roads block PDS supplies; officials busy in blame game

Ambassa(Tripura), Jul 13(UNI) At least 447 Public Distribution System (PDS) beneficiaries have not received their share of entitled subsidised grains this month as the supplies could not reach their village due to bad roads in the bordering subdivision of Gandacharraof Dhalai district.
Ratannagar ADC Village, nearly 100 km from the district headquarters, has 447 families of 2054 people.
The families from Tripuri and Chakma communities in the remote subdivision depend on shifting cultivation for their livelihood and the food items provided through PDS are their sole support to avoid starvation.
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