The Commissioner for Civil Supplies Akun Sabharwal has taken serious note on PDS Rice recycling. Civil Supplies Enforcement and Taskforce teams are keeping strict vigil on PDS rice irregularities. The Enforcement team on 11th raided and caught 540 quintals of PDS rice transporting in 4 Lorries from Varun Industries situated at KC Camp, Huzurabad Mandal, Karimnagar District.
The Commissioner responded very seriously on this issue and transferred officials involved in this matter. He warned that whoever is involved in the PDS Rice Recycling business will be booked under Criminal cases and also will put under PD cases. The Commissioner made a field visit to Karimnagar, Warangal Districts. He inspected IKP Purchase Centers at Manakondur, Keshavapatnam and reviewed with officials in Karimnagar. He visited IKP Purchase Centers in Warangal Rural, Urban, Bhoopalpalli, Mahaboobabad and reviewed with officials in Hanamkonda and discussed with the farmers. He also visited Jangaon, Yadadri and reviewed with officials. He ordered officials to make ground level visits to purchase centres and take necessary steps to see that farmers do not face any loss or problems. Paddy purchasing should be completed faster and shifting of paddy to mills should be done immediately.
Earlier Commissioner Akun Sabharwal checked Varun Industries in Huzurabad where PDS Rice was smuggled for recycling and made preliminary investigation with Local RDO, Police and Enforcement Officials. He transferred responsible DCSO A. Usharani and ordered her to report at Head Office. He also surrendered Deputy Tahasildar M.A. Nawaz and Food Inspected Anwarulla Khan to Revenue Department. He said a complete investigation would be done on this issue. He warned that strict action will be taken on the persons involved in this PDS rice smuggling and no one will be spare in this issue who ever are responsible. The Civil Supplies Department till now purchased 20.95 lakh metric tonnes of paddy from 3.21 lakh farmers through 3119 purchase centers and 20.06 LMTs of paddy is already shifted to mills. The value of paddy purchased till now is Rs.3327.71 crores.