Coimbatore: A lathe worker in Coimbatore has received SMS ration bill for the Pongal gift offered by the Tamil Nadu government even before collecting it.
Coimbatore: A lathe worker in Coimbatore has received SMS ration bill for the Pongal gift offered by the Tamil Nadu government even before collecting it.
Selvaraj (40) is lathe worker near Rathinapuri and his ration card is listed under the PDS shop in Kamatchi Nagar here. Yesterday, Selvaraj received an SMS bill suggesting that he has collected the Pongal gift including Rs 1000 cash offered by the State government.
Feeling doubtful, Selvaraj checked with his parents and they told Selvaraj that they haven’t collected it yet. Though Selvaraj tried to register a complaint using the phone number provided in the message, the number was not reachable.
Selvaraj said, “I have been receiving such SMS messages for the past few months. Though I haven’t collected the Pongal gift yet, I received a similar ration bill SMS yesterday. I would be registering a complaint with officials on this regard.”