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The chairperson and members of the Karnataka State Food Commission, who are connected a four-day sojourn to Shivamogga district, person recommended the suspension of licences of 3 just terms shops successful the metropolis and ordered the issuance of notices to 2 more.
H. Krishna, the commission’s chairperson, astatine a property league present connected January 20, said that helium and different members visited authorities godowns, just terms shops, and hostels connected January 19, the archetypal time of their visit. At the godown, they recovered 32.43 quintals of excess rice. Upon inquiry, they recovered that 3 shopkeepers had not taken the atom allotted to them. Later, the committee made a astonishment sojourn to those shops and recovered much lapses.
Apart from not collecting the allotted rice, the shopkeepers besides had stocks of atom which should person been distributed to the beneficiaries, helium said. “One of the shopkeepers had nary weighing machine, which is mandatory. We person ordered the suspension of licences of 3 shops and directed officers to contented notices to 2 more. The committee volition instrumentality explanations from the officers who failed to announcement the lapses,” added Mr. Krishna.
He added that the commission, whose superior nonsubjective is to guarantee nutrient and nutritional rights of citizens, volition oversee the implementation of Public Distribution Scheme (PDS), Midday Meal Scheme successful schools, and Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS). The chairperson said the committee volition guarantee that each beneficiaries aged 75 and supra get foodgrains delivered astatine their doorsteps nether the Anna Suvidha scheme.
Lingaraj Kote and K.S. Vijayalakshmi, members of the commission, visited a authorities hostel meant for postgraduate pistillate students successful Bhadravathi connected January 19. “The authorities is moving the hostel successful a rented gathering with mediocre facilities for students. Even aft the authorities is paying a rent of ₹1.5 lakh per month, the students person nary minimum facilities successful the hostel,” said Mr. Kote.
