Devendra Gaonkar
VALPOI: Since past six months the Below Poverty Line (BPL) ration card holders have not got the Kerosene quota at fair price shops.
Shop owners reveal that the Civil supply department didn’t supply kerosene to the shops, for the past several months.
A BPL ration card holder is entitled for 5 liters kerosene per month @Rs 40 per litre.
The citizens say they are now facing several problems due to shortage of kerosene supply for the last five months in state.
From the month of May onwards the rural villages from Sattari Taluka are facing the many problems at their home due to the shortage kerosene.
“This year the rainfall has started very early in the month of May only, in rainy season their is no proper power supply in rural villages of Sattari. In monsoon season the rural villages of Sattari Taluka is depend on kerosene for lighting lamp at home,” say villagers.
“In rainy season in our Karonzal village there is no proper power supply. We all villagers are depend on Kerosene lamp. We light kerosene the lamps in our village,” says a villager.
Not only power but burning firewood for hot water and cooking are other uses of kerosene in rural areas, locals say.
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