Order barring free rice to dirty Puducherry villages revoked
Hours after issuing an order blocking distribution of free rice to Puducherry villages which have garbage and witness open defecation, L-G Kiran Bedi has withdrawn the directive. She added that her intention to improve the living conditions of rural poor had been "misread". CM V Narayanasamy had termed the order "unconstitutional", adding that Bedi was meddling with people's fundamental rights.