Haryana Food and Supplies Minister, Karan Dev Kamboj on Thursday said that to prevent theft of wheat in the State, all godowns would be personally inspected.
For this purpose, teams will be formed in all districts. Such teams would be formed on inter-district basis and the department concerned officer of one district would inspect the wheat in godowns of other district, said the Minister.
Kamboj said that the State Government has taken a serious view of the theft incidents in Pehowa, Ismailabad and Safidon and has issued directions for the investigation of these incidents.
He said that under the supervision of Additional Chief Secretary, the work of formation of teams would be completed soon and teams would be deputed for inspection immediately. The District Commissioners of concerned districts would act as nodal officer of the teams. After getting their report, the State Government would also get the third party inspection of all godowns carried out and all the records would be reviewed.
The Food and Supplies Minister said that this would help in preventing the theft incidents happening in different parts of the state. It would be ensured that there would be no shortage of ration for the Below Poverty line families under Public Distribution System. They would be timely provided full ration and no one involved in fraudulent activities would be spared, he added.
The complaints regarding irregularities in paddy procurement have also been received. As per the complaints, with the connivance of some millers and dealers, the procurement of paddy has been shown, while in reality, paddy was not procured. The investigation of this matter is also being carried out, he added.
More than 53.82 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of paddy have arrived in the mandis (grain markets) of Haryana during the current Kharif season so far as against about 41.03 lakh MT during the corresponding period last year.