PDS hit owing to server glitch

Ration dealers down shutters and suspend ration supply

The public distribution in the State has plunged into a crisis owing to a server glitch in the online system that facilitates the operation of e-PoS (electronic point of sale) machines at ration outlets.

With the snag having persisted for four days, a section of the ration dealers downed their shutters and suspended ration supply on Tuesday.

In most parts of the State, ration cardholders were forced to wait for as long as half-an-hour to receive their allocation since Friday. Several beneficiaries also returned empty-handed after waiting outside ration shops for long hours in certain areas. There has been considerable uptick in beneficiary inflow presumably to receive the additional allocation of half-a-litre of kerosene this month.