Relief package on ration cards for tsunami victims

 

Government relief packages to tsunami victims
The Government will provide a relief package including food and other essential items amounting to Rs. 375 per week on the ration from next week for each person displaced as a result of the tsunami disaster.
The relief packages is to be distributed among the displaced persons through the Ministry of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation which will arrange these food items to be distributed to the respective regional stalls of the Multi Purpose Co-operative Societies, a press release from the Commissioner General of Essential Services said.
The distribution of the relief package will be handled under the direct supervision and control of the respective District Secretaries and the Assistant Government Agents of the areas.
Under the program each individual displaced person is entitled to the following food rations for a week: Rice/wheat flour - 2800 grams; dhal - 420 grams; sugar - 140 grams; cooking oil - 140 grams; and wheat soya mixture - 140 grams.Baby milk powder, biscuits and canned fish will be included in this list according to availability. The value of these provisions provided per person per week will be around Rs. 175. Goods to the value of Rs. 200 which may include fuel for domestic consumption will also be provided making the total package amounting to Rs. 375 per person for each week.
 
 
 
  Commissioner General of Essential Services Tilak Ranaviraja, who is also the Chairman of the Task Force on Logistics and Law and Order will co-ordinate the program at the national level.
Ranaviraja has already intimated the details of the program to the Secretaries of the Ministry of Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconciliation (Triple - R) and the Ministry of Women's Empowerment and Social Welfare.
The Triple R Ministry will intimate to the Ministry of Social Services particulars of all food items issued by it and the Director of Social Services will maintain accounts thereof. Accounts pertaining to food items received by the district should be maintained by the District Secretary. Ration cards titled Tsunami Relief Ration Card - 2005 are being printed by the Government Printing Department. They are to be dispatched to the respective District Secretaries and AGA's offices by Monday.