Only 3 inspectors for entire city!

raids because they face a staff crunch. “There are only three food inspectors to cover the entire city. It is not humanly possible for them to cover every nuke and corner of the city,” said a source in the food safety department.

The city police has now taken up the additional task of cracking down on these rackets. “They (food inspectors) seek our help now. Since adulteration is widespread, it is important that we conduct regular raids. We are chalking out a plan to keep a constant vigil,” said Commissioner’s Task Force DCP B. Limba Reddy. One of the major drawbacks in the enforcement is offenders getting bail easily soon after their arrest. A 20-year old woman from Hyderabad who went to Saudi Arabia has sent a voice message to her family, urging them to take her back or else she may die of “ill treatment”.

Saba Fathima, a resident of Hafeez baba Nagar, went to the Gulf to work as a beautician, but was cheated by the agent and was forced to take up a job as a domestic help.

Saba is married and has a baby girl. Tragedy struck the family when the husband, Feroz, died in an accident six months back. Saba was struggling to earn a livelihood.

An agent from King Koti named Fathima offered a job as a beautician in Saudi Arabia with an attractive salary to Saba who went there on a visit visa instead of an employee’s visa in May 2017 leaving behind her one-year-old daughter Amira.

After landing in Saudi, she realised that she had been cheated and was forced to take up a job as a domestic help, where she was illtreated by her employer.

“I am becoming weaker with pain in my kidneys and the condition of my hands and legs are becoming worse. Please take me back or I may die,” she urged in a voice message to her brother Shaik Rizwan.