The Department of Food and Civil Supplies, Punjab, conducted raids at the LPG distributors in Ludhiana and issued 43 challans to the violators, an official statement said.
In the two day exercise that concluded today, the teams of the Legal Metrology Wing of the department conducted as many as 47 inspections and issued 43 challans under various provisions of Legal Metrology Act and Rules, including 5 for short weight, 12 for non verified weighing scale, 5 for non display of verification certificate, 13 for non declaration of Packaged Commodity Rules and 8 for not keeping Electronic weighing Scale of specified capacity (50 kg).
Bharat Bhushan Ashu, Food and Civil Supplies Minister, Punjab said here today that similar inspections would continue throughout the year and would now be made a regular phenomenon.
Earlier, the Legal Metrology wing in similar exercises had conducted surprise inspections at the eating joints on Railway Stations, Bus Stands and the roadside Dhabas followed by raids on sweets shops statewide.
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