Bhubaneswar: The life of one Abhiram Jena of Balrampur village in Dhenkanal district is likely to change soon as Odisha Minister for Food Supplies & Consumer Welfare, Ranendra Pratap Swain, had directed an inquiry regarding the person’s ration card mismanagement after a piece of news about the same was published in Odia language daily newspaper, Pragativadi.
Taking to his official Twitter handle, the minister confirmed the same and wrote: “As per the CSO report, Sri Abhiram Jena’s ration card has been activated after Aadhar validation & he will be getting his entitlements soon.”
On reading the news in @PragativadiNews , I had directed for an inquiry.
As per the CSO report, Sri Abhiram Jena's ration card has been activated after Aadhar validation & he will be getting his entitlements soon. pic.twitter.com/amm0wzZGwm
— Ranendra Pratap Swain (@rajaaswain) May 9, 2021
As per the article published, Jena was declared to be “dead” on the government papers/documents while he was still well and alive.
As the living person was certified to be dead, he was unable to acquire the ration he rightfully deserved.
While Abhiram was “differently-abled” since birth, he received the certificate for the same. Following this, he used to get wages for the same and also 5kgs of rice from the Odisha government.
However, after November 2019 he stopped receiving the ration.
Upon enquiring with Odapada BDO it was known that he was pronounced dead on the certificate sing the past several months.
While the incident was deeply critised, locals demanded an inquiry and stringent action against the persons responsible for the mismanagement.
Upon reading the published news on Pragativadi, the Odisha minister directed for the inquiry.
