Major market checking exercise conducted in Jammu

Excelsior CorrespondentJAMMU, Nov 8: Few days ahead of Diwali festival, district administration today conducted major inspection and anti-encroachment drive in various parts of Jammu.An official spokesman said that Deputy Commissioner Jammu, Simrandeep Singh and Municipal Commissioner, Mandeep Kour ordered joint flying squads under the overall supervision of ADC Jammu Dr Piyush Singla to conduct random inspections in different parts of Jammu district.The coordinated exercise involved the participation of officials from Jammu Municipal Corporation, Legal Metrology, Health and Food Safety, CAPD and Traffic Police. This was aimed to check the overcharging and quality related issues of various items sold by the shops and to remove the encroachments from footpaths and pavements causing inconvenience to the pedestrians and also obstruction in the free flow of traffic.Those inspected and fined included Mahajan Sweets, Kwality Sweets, Bikano Sweets/Fast Food, Akhnoor Road, Pawan Ice Cream, Abrol Electricals and Kaushalya Electricals, Indira Chowk in Jammu north sub-division. Similarly, around 70 inspections were carried out and 17 challans were imposed in Jammu South sub-division.The shops/stores that were inspected include Vermani General Store and Monika Super Market, Gole Market, Jai Hind Bakery, Gandhi Nagar, Lovely Sweets, Apsara Road and Nav Durga Sweets, Gandhi Nagar. A total of Rs 98,000 was recovered as fine for offences like overcharging, less weighment, deceptive packaging, sale without MRP and manufacturer name, misuse of domestic LPG cylinders.The Food and Safety officials inspected 14 shops and around 50 kg of fungus infected khoya was recovered and destroyed from the shops. Samples of sweets, Khoya and ice cream were also collected for further evaluation. A total of 300 packets of Chinese lights and LEDs used for decorative purposes were seized as the same were substandard and hazardous.The Enforcement Staff of JMC Traffic Police undertook a similar drive to remove the encroachments from footpaths and pavements causing inconvenience to the pedestrians and also obstruction in the free flow of vehicular traffic.During the drive, Jammu Municipal Corporation collected around Rs 1 lakh rupees as permission fee to display goods within permissible area that were otherwise violating the laid down norms.Various officials who conducted the exercise were Dr Owais Ahmed, ACUT, Manoj Prabhakar, Deputy Controller Legal Metrology, Sanjeev, Assistant Controller Food and Safety, Abid Husain, Tehsildar Jammu, Mumtaz Ch, AD CAPD, Circle 1, R S Jamwal, Joint Commissioner (Adm), Subah Mehta, Asstt. Commissioner Revenue JMC, Suneel, Superintendent of Traffic Police Jammu and SDPO City Jammu.Similarly in Jammu South area officials who conducted inspections were Amar Singh, Joint Controller Legal Metrology, SDM South Shahid Mahmood, Atam Dev Singh, Deputy Director CAPD, Asstt Commissioner Food and Safety, Muzaffar, Tehsildar Bahu, SDPO South and Health Officer JMC.