No free rice to 'unclean' Puducherry villages: Kiran Bedi
Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi has passed an order stating that free rice will not be distributed in villages which haven't received certification of being free from garbage and open defecation. Villages will be given four weeks to obtain certificates and the rice supplies, which benefit around half of Puducherry's population, will be "kept on hold and in safe storage".