STATE TIMES NEWS
MENDHAR: On the direction of District Development Commissioner MH Malik, the district administration sealed three Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) stores in Mendhar on Saturday after approximately 75 quintals of ‘Daliya’ meant for under privileged was found in rotten state at these stores. Meanwhile DDC constituted three member team headed by ACR/ ADC Poonch, Shafeeq Ahmed to probe the matter and directed to submit their report within in three days.
According to officials, a team from district administration consisting of Tehsildar Mendhar, Salam Din, Naib Tehsildar Aftab Hussain escorted by a police party headed by Sunil Kalsi raided the Office of CDP in Mendhar and inquired about the stores existing in Mendhar Tehsil.
The officials added the team came to know that there were three ICDS stores in the area at different location and all the three stores were sealed thereof.
“In the first store 106 rice bags were found stored in unhygienic conditions while 37 rice bags, 27 packets of Dalda, 10 kgs of Haldi (turmeric) were having over expiry date besides rat eaten rice bags were found at second store where as at third store 76 quintals of rotten daliya was disowned by the CDP Officer Parveen Chowdhary and Nutrition Incharge Mushtaq Ahmed,” sources added.
“District Development Commissioner (DDC) Poonch also constituted three Member team headed by ACR/ Add DC Poonch, Shafeeq Ahmed with District Litigation Officer Kamaal Hussain, Dy Director Employment Mohd Ashraf Chowdhary and Naib Tehsildar Mendhar Aftab Hussain as the members of the team who were directed to submit their report within in three days, sources said.
Meanwhile STATE TIMES learnt that ICDS Office in Mendhar has no sign board causing inconvenience to people of the area and its seven employees have been put under scanner too, sources said.
However all attempts to contact concerned authority DPO Poonch Manzoor Chowdhary to get his comments turned futile as he didn’t pick up the phone despite repeated attempts.
