CRACKDOWN ON ONION HOARDING

NEW DELHI: Delhi Government on Friday directed the concerned agencies to intensify their field inspections for ensuring that there is no hoarding, black marketing and profiteering of onions here. In a review meeting, Delhi Food and Civil Supplies Minister Imran Hussain directed the enforcement teams of departments from Agricultural produce market committee (APMC), Delhi Agricultural Marketing Board Recruitment (DAMB), Revenue Department, to make regular field inspections and carry out enforcement activities in order to check any instance of hoarding, black-marketing and profiteering.

The enforcement teams have also been asked to check the implementation of stock limits prescribed for the onion and violators may strictly be proceeded against as per provisions of law. The state food minister ordered the agencies to keep a constant watch for irregular and unusual activities so that the wholesalers, middlemen, commissioned agents do not take advantage of the current onion situation in Delhi.

The agencies were asked to work in coordination with each other to ensure timely, regular and adequate supply of onion to all the designated 390 Fair Price Shops (FPS) and the mobile vans engaged for sale of onion in all the 70 Assembly Constituencies of Delhi. In the meeting, it was also pointed out that the general public is showing keen interest in the purchase of onions through designated FPS and mobile vans.