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COVID-19: Bhujbal apprises Pawar of food reserve plans

Apr 4, 2020, 15:44 IST

PTI

Mumbai, Apr 4 () Maharashtra Food and CivilSupplies Minister Chhagan Bhujbal on Saturday met NCP chiefSharad Pawar to apprise him about the steps his department hadtaken in view of the coronavirus pandemic.

The senior NCP leader met Pawar at the latter'sresidence 'Silver Oak' here, a statement said.

According to the statement, Bhujbal informed Pawarthat care is being taken to ensure that the government'sdecisions in the interest of ration-card holders wereimplemented at the grassroot level.

The minister on Friday had announced that around 6.94lakh quintals of food grains had been distributed to 28.61lakh ration card holders through the public distributionsystem since Wednesday.

This amount, distributed during the lockdown imposedfor the coronavirus outbreak, was said to be a record. ENMARU ARU

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