Rajahmundry, August 09: District administration of East Godavari District has formed teams to verify the genuine ration cards.
Collector Gopalakrishna Diwadi said 420 verification teams have been formed to verify the ration cards.
The move is aimed at weeding out bogus ration cards, he said.
Diwadi told media persons yesterday that process of verification will be complete in three months.
The main objective of this is to provide ration cards to eligible persons in the state and weed out bogus ration cards, besides providing houses and pension to poor, he said.
The verification team comprises four members, two government officials and social auditors or community resource persons, he said.
He said 20 to 25 teams will visit the “mandal” and verify the ration cards from August 15.
—Agencies