Thoubal FCI warehouse inspected
Source: Chronicle News Service
Thoubal, September 22 2022:
Acting on the instruction of PM Narendra Modi and minister of CAF and PD to check how FCI warehouses are operating or serving for the people, officials of FCI under supervision of FCI Divisional Officer Imphal divisional manager Adani Mahrili Mao along with media persons inspected the FCI Godown, Thoubal located at Thoubal Tangjeng on Thursday.
The inspection team was accompanied by FCI Imphal quality control manager Angom Khomei, FCI/FSD, Thoubal manager in-charge Naorem Boby, Weight Bridge in-charge Sukham Telheiba Meitei and technical assistant, Thoubal Leisangbam Bandana.
Speaking in this regard, Naorem Boby informed that the warehouse has been following FCI guidelines properly till now and further informed that food grains brought from Dimapur in trucks are properly weighed using the Weight Bridge.
The technical assistant then monitored the quality of the food grains in the facility.
FCI Thoubal godown has been supplying food grains to six assembly constituencies (Thoubal, Wangkhem, Wangjing, Tentha, Lilong, Khangabok and Heirok), he informed.
While stating that Fortified Rice Kernels (FRK) will be distributed from April 2024 under NFSA, Boby said that rice mill may not be allowed to operate if they did not have FRK machines.