Excelsior Correspondent
POONCH, Apr 19: In order to prevent profiteering and black marketing by business establishments operating in Poonch, the special market checking teams of District Administration on Tuesday intensified market checking across the Poonch City to ensure all essential commodities are sold at Government approved rates with sufficient availability of consumables.
The drive was conducted on the directions of the Deputy Commissioner Poonch, Inderjeet to curb the hoardings and profiteering in Poonch markets during the month of Ramadan.
The checking squads comprising senior officials from different departments conducted intensive market checking in different parts of the city and inspected various markets within their jurisdiction and booked several erring shopkeepers found failing to maintain the quality of food items, using polythene bags, not displaying rate lists of essential commodities, selling expiry or without MFD and MRP products, besides indulging in practices of illegal profiteering and sale of underweight products.
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