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New Delhi / Dhaka, August 11 ( TIWN/ bdnews24):New Delhi has asked Dhaka to permit a shipment of 35,000 tonnes of Public Distribution System (PDS) food grains every month to India’s northeastern State , says bdnews24.com from Delhi.The request was made in view of severe difficulty being faced in food transportation due to the ongoing railway gauge conversion work in the landlocked northeastern region.
India’s Minister of State for Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Raosheb Patil Danve said that the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has already taken steps for movement of 10,000 MT of food grains from Andhra Pradesh to Tripura via Ashuganj port of Bangladesh “through Indo-Bangla protocol route.”
Government sources told bdnews24.com that such shipment through the sea route in Bangladesh would ease the difficulty in transport of food grains in the northeastern states.
“There is an urgent need for transit and trans-shipment facility including road, rail and waterways connection through Bangladesh to Eastern India as well as access to Chittagong Port in Bangladesh,” Sarkar told Modi in New Delhi.
Mizoram Food Minister John Rotluangliana had met Union Food Minister Ram Vilas Paswan last week and requested him to ensure smooth supply of PDS foodgrains.
People living below poverty line (BPL) category get rice and wheat at subsidised rates via public distribution system (PDS).
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