The locals of Benaulim village are reportedly upset over the unavailability of ration at the Fair Price Shop in the village and have demanded that the government intervenes. The villagers further demanded that there should be at least two Fair Price Shops in the village as they are often instructed to go to Margao and try and collect their rations from there. In this context it is pertinent to note that in Lucknow standing in a long queue outside the ration shop has become a thing of the past. Unique grain ATM have been installed at ration shops which reportedly takes merely 30 seconds to dispense wheat and rice to the ration card holders. The new grain ATM machine is indeed a blessing as the ration can be collected probably even when the ration shop is closed while the ATM is accessible. The Goa government could take a clue of such a grain ATM which has been installed in the Jankipuram area of Lucknow in UP and introduce such machines at the ration shops in the state.
