JAMMU: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA), Choudhary Zulfkar Ali on Monday suspended a storekeeper for dereliction of duty. The minister during a whirlwind tour conducted surprise inspection of food grain stores of the department at Pargwal, Jourian and Khour, forward areas of Akhnoor Tehsil.
During the inspection, the minister reviewed the stock available in the stores and also checked the quality of food grains.
Director, FCS&CA G.S Chib, Joint Controller LMD, V.S Sambyal, Deputy Controller LMD, Manoj Prabhakar and Sub Divisional Magistrate Khour accompanied the minister.
At Jourian and Khour, the minister seized all the record and ordered for the physical verification of both the stores and submission of report to his officer in two days. The Minister also suspended the storekeeper of Jourian store for dereliction of duty with immediate effect as he was found absent from duty. He also asked the Director, FCS&CA to initiate renovation work of the food grain stores so to prevent damage to the ration during rainy season.
The Minister also visited a government sale depot at Pallanwala and interacted with the people present there to buy the ration. He directed the officials of the depot to distribute the ration in a time bound manner and remain at the disposal of consumers.
During the visit, local dealers submitted a memorandum to the Minister raising various issues including clearance of carriage charges, payment as per the new increased rate of commission and others. The Minister assured the dealers that their genuine demands will be redressed. He also conducted surprise inspection at Shiv Om Filling Station in Mishriwala. The Minister inspected the quality and quantity of fuel.