Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 28: Director Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs (FCS&CA) Jammu Amit Sharma has ordered detailed physical verification of stocks in all Jammu stores in a span of one month by a team headed by Joint Director of the department.
He stated this during surprise visit to Central Store Jammu to check the level of storage, stacking, disbursement and condition of rice, atta and sugar in different godowns.
During the visit, Director was accompanied by Deputy Directors Kulraj Singh and JS Jasrotia.
AD, Trade and Stores, Joginder replied to various points raised by Director and specifically expressed concern that this Central Store must have proper renovation in few areas where water seepage has caused direct risk of damage to stored stocks.
Amit directed concerned officials to make sufficient arrangements to control menace of rodents, rats and seasonal insects which create threat of health hazards and wastage of stored materials.
During interaction with labourers and staff, Sharma pointed out that there should be proper hygienic conditions and clean water availability for labourers working in Central and other stores of the department and concerned staff should take adequate measures for ensuring same.
The staff at Central Store also showed a faulty weighing scale machine which was troubling in daily passage of truck-load materials from Godowns of the Central Store for which Director decided to go for replacement in near future and usage of available PWD Weight Machine (Kanda) within the same complex as a stop-gap arrangement so as to continue uninterrupted movement of ration supplies.
Sharma directed to get fresh repairs and renovations estimates for existing FCS&CA stores so that immediate repairs could be carried out in near future for safe and secure upkeep of ration supplies material in stores of the department.
He emphasized on bringing systemic changes with usage of technology like web cams, GPS tracking, Aadhaar based ePDS and supply chain management system to streamline the working of the department.
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