Toor dal seized in Udupi raid, no hoarding in M’luru

Mangalore Today News Network

Udupi, Oct 27, 2015 : At Udupi, team of officials raided a retail supermarket, seized 15 quintals of toor dal, and slapped a case against it.

The team of officials comprised Udupi tahsildar T.J. Guruprasad, deputy director, Department of Food and Civil Supplies, S. Yogishwar, and food inspector Vinay of the department.  The team found that the store had 50 kg of toor dal packed in 30 bags, which totalled to 15 quintals. The supermarket did not have a licence to store the dal. Hence, it seized the bags. A case had been registered under Section 3 of Essential Commodities Act.

Guruprasad said that the store had been told to produce the order or licence for holding the stock in the next 24 hours.  The 15 quintals of toor dal had been sealed.  Stringent action against illegal hoarding of pulses in the taluk is in place.

Meanwhile, during raids conducted in Mangaluru on three wholesale stockists on Monday, officials did not find any hoarding of toor dal by the traders, said an official release.

Officials had also conducted raids to five godowns few days ago. As per rules, traders need to obtain separate storage licence if the quantity of tur dal exceeds 500 quintals.   The raids were conducted in Bunder area by officials from the Food and Civil Supplies Department.

Regulations : As per the rules, wholesale traders require licences to store pulses and grains beyond 500 quintals, while they cannot store beyond 2,000 quintals even with the licence, the release said.  DK DC Adoor.B. Ibrahim had directed the officials to conduct the raids to check hoarding of toor dal. .