If you want Ration, then climb the trees

Rajasthan, March 05: Generally, we have seen that, The people are following queue method to get the rations at ration shop.But in Kotra (Rajasthan), The people has climbing a tree to get rations.Getting confused...?

Its true, These all struggles are in Digital India. Instead of making life easier, the government's move to digitalise the Public Distribution System has added to the misery of residents of several backward areas, especially Kotra. There are 76 ration centers here of which 13 have very poor connectivity.

At these places, ration dealers have to climb on trees to find internet connectivity to use their PoS machines. Waiting for hours for their turn to get their fingerprints and biometrics verified by the PoS (point of sale) machines.

Then, they climb down and walk back miles to the ration shops where they get in another queue to collect the provisions they have bought.

"Sometimes, it takes 4-5 hours to find even a thin trace of internet network and only then the machine works. The earlier system was better," said Bhola Gameti, a resident.