LMD team recovers fine of Rs 25,000

Excelsior Correspondent
RAJOURI, May 6:  A team of Legal Metrology Department  (LMD) Rajouri   during surprise market checking at  Sunderbani and Siot  today recovered a fine of  Rs 25,000 from the defaulters.
Official sources said that the team led by Assistant Controller,  LMD Rajouri  booked the erring traders for the violation of  various provisions of J&K Standards of Weights and Measures Enforcement ( Amendment) Act 2011  and realized a fine of Rs 25,000 from them on the spot.  The Department directed the trading community to use verified weighing and measuring instruments and display MRP, packaging date  and complete address of the manufacturer.