Irfan Tramboo
Srinagar, Feb 2: In a bid to act against the violators in the markets across the Valley, particularly Srinagar, the enforcement wing of the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) has registered 489 FIRs against violators and recovered more than Rs 49 lakh in last one year.
As per the figures made available by the department, the enforcement wing acted upon various complaints while also carrying out frequent market checks and realized fine as well as took action against those who were involved in overpricing and other violations.
In all the districts of Kashmir division, 489 FIRs have been registered by the department in one year, which includes 255 FIRs only in Srinagar district.
Similarly, a total of Rs 4,989,120 were realized as a fine from the violators in one year across all the Kashmir districts, while as Rs 2061550 was realized as a fine alone from district Srinagar.
In January alone, a total of 5 FIRs were been lodged against the violators in Srinagar while as a fine of Rs 2, 55,800 was also realized including 15 seizures. The premises of the habitual offenders are now being seized by the department.
Assistant Director Enforcement FCS&CA, Kashmir, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani told Excelsior that they are routinely carrying out the market checks and are making sure that those who are violating the rules and regulations are brought to book.
“Most of the FIRs have been registered against mutton dealers followed by poultry sellers, vegetable, fruit sellers and others; this time around, we have also employed an action of seizing the business establishment of those are caught violating the norms,” he said.
“We are aiming at public participation in the matter; most of such violators get out in the absence of witnesses, those who lodge complaints, later do not counter the violators, so, we have preferred to involve public into it,” he said.
Wani said that for effective control on the violations in the market the public has to be an active participant. “While that is a must, we are making sure that the markets are checked on and off and that there are no violations at all,” he said.
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