The UT Administration has constituted a committee to check hoarding and black marketing of onions in Chandigarh.
Deputy Commissioner Mohammed Shayin has constituted a committee comprising of all the three sub divisional magistrates (SDMs), Secretary Market Committee and Food & Supplies Department to ensure the smooth supply of onion and check its hoarding and black marketing (if any) in the markets of city.
A surprise raid was also conducted by the team under the leadership of SDM (East) Danish Ashraf and SDM (South) Kashish Mittal at the Sabzi Mandi Sector 26 on Thursday to keep check on hoarding of onions. The onion stocks were tallied with the stock register of all wholesalers dealing with onion and necessary instructions were issued to the Secretary, Market Committee to monitor the prices on daily basis. It has been decided by the Committee constituted that raids and inspections would be carried out to keep check on hoarding and black marketing of onion as well as for all those commodities for which the prices are rising tremendously.
The Administration has also requested the general public that they should give information to the higher authorities in case they came to know of illegal stocking of food articles.
The retail prices of onion are hovering between Rs60-70 per kg in Chandigarh. The onion prices here continue to remain high since the month of August.