Enough stock of essential items: CAF & PD
Source: Chronicle News Service
Imphal, May 26 2023:
Stating that there is enough stock of essen-tial commodities, CAF & PD commissioner Bobby Waikhom has appealed to the public not to get alarmed and resort to panic buying.
Addressing media persons at his New Secretariat West Block office here on Friday, Bobby Waikhom said that the stock of petroleum products including petrol and diesel are in sufficient stock and petrol and diesel tankers along trucks laden with other essential commodi-ties are being escorted and brought into the state along the Imphal-Jiri road unin-terrupted.
Altogether 150 goods laden trucks reached Imphal on Friday while 114 trucks left the state to bring in essential commodities.
He further informed that all warehouses in the districts concerned have rice stock for two months while potatoes, onions, edible oil and dal would last for at least 14 days.
The commissioner also said that the price fixation com-mittee of the department will ensure that rates of essential commodities are not hiked arbitrarily by the traders while informing that there is no change in the wholesale rate of essential commodities as of now.
The public can contact 0385-2455496 or 8732060592 to lodge com-plaints in case of increase in price of commodities so that the department can take up necessary action against unethical trade practices.