Though the administration claims that it is handling the situation with all seriousness, the development has cast its shadow over this year's Rath Yatra...
The groups include nomads, sadhus and saints, inmates of mental health institutions, senior citizens in the old age homes, people residing on streets and in rehabs...
Food supplies, consumer welfare minister Ranedra Pratap Swain warned against hoarding and black marketing of essential commodities during the period...
While the Centre claims its programme to provide subsidised rations to workplaces has been implemented in most states, Delhi has not joined the scheme...