Telangana: Former police officers plug swindle in civil supplies
The raids checked illegal transportation of sanna biyyam (fine quality rice) ration rice worth Rs 3.16 crore.
Hyderabad: The enforcement task force teams set up with retired police officers to check irregularities in public distribution system have been yielding good results.
In three months this year from February, the enforcement wing conducted raids at 179 places across the state and filed 56 cases on ration shops.
Apart from nine criminal cases, they seized 3,507 quintals of PDS rice, 937 quintals of paddy meant for customised milling, rice worth Rs 1 crore, illegally stocked sugar worth Rs 2.15 lakh, LPG cylinders and kerosene.
The raids checked illegal transportation of sanna biyyam (fine quality rice) ration rice worth Rs 3.16 crore.
Commissioner of civil supplies C.V. Anand stated that the enforcement task force teams set up with retired police officers to check malpractices and corruption in distribution of essential commodities under PDS were proving extremely helpful.
He said frequent raids also showed growth in the performance of mandal-level stock points (godowns) and ration shops.
Strict measures at the state border have resulted in decrease in the illegal supply of PDS rice to other states, he said.
The department appointed an enforcement wing with five teams of 20 members each.