Food stores, hotels, restaurants fined for supply of substandard edible, poor cleanliness conditions.

English , Kashmir - آزاد جموں کشمیر , Snippets , / Saturday, October 12th, 2024

Altaf Hamid Rao.

MIRPUR  ( AJK): Oct. 11 : Local authorities here on Friday imposed fines for Rs 44,000 to various stores of food items including hotels and restaurants for poor cleanliness and  blatant violation of the related laws.

On the instructions of Mirpur Deputy Commissioner Yasir Riaz, Sub Divisional administrative officer Assistant Commissioner Raja Zahid Hussain conducted surprise raids and found several of the food stores holders including restaurants violatinf the local Food Authority’s determined SOPs including su standard quality, over charging and cleanliness of food items at Nangi and various markets.

During the inspection, the duty magistrate / AC   inspected meat, vegetable, fruit, milk, grocery, hotels and other food and drink producing units.

The raiding team  also imposed fines  for lack of cleanliness in hotels.

The Assistant Commissioner lateron, along with the district traffic police conducted surprise  checking of  the traffic and impounded several of motorcycles besides imposing fines upon the motorcyclists for driving the bikes without helmets.

He directed the drivers of confiscated motorcycles to  get back wearing the helmets if intend to  take their motorcycles and in future they should refrain from riding the bikes wearing helmet.  Otherwise the violator shall have to face the identical music in form of fine on the roads besides confiscation of the bikes, he warned. Ends