To enhance the public distribution system of the state, the Tripura government has procured 5 new trucks to carry PDS goods. Food and Civil Supplies department Minister Sushanta Chowdhury on Tuesday officially flagged off the trucks through a brief programme here at the central warehouse of the Food Department in Arundhutinagar.
Addressing the programme, the minister said that these vehicles were purchased to strengthen the public distribution system of the state. Essential commodities including rice, pulses, edible oil, sugar are now being distributed to consumers through more than 2,000 fair price shops in the state, he said.
“The government plans to increase the wages of the workers employed in various stores of the food department in the coming days. But in this case, the workers have to perform their work properly with responsibility,” he said.
The Food Minister said that Narendra Modi has become the Prime Minister of the country for the third time, believing in the motto of Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas. This success is due to the commitment to the development of all people irrespective of caste-religion-caste, he added.
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