FDA team intensifies Market checking in Kishtwar town

Kishtwar : Enforcement team of Food and Drugs Organisation Saturdayintensified market checking in various places in Kishtwar town to buckle down the Food adulteration besides sensitizing the food Business Operators to abide by the norms & regulations under the FSSA.
During the inspection, the team destroyed rotten fruits, perished vegetables &sweets weighing about 45 kg with the consent of the vendors.
The team consisted of Food Safety officer KishtwarRajniBhagat, FSO DachhanSajjadHussain and FSO PaddarPratipal Singh, accompanied by field workers.
3 – Day BaisakhiMela arrangements discussed at Udhampur
Udhampur : The necessary arrangements for 3-day historic Baisakhimela were discussed Saturdayhere in a meeting of District Officers and prominent citizens chaired by Deputy Commissioner UdhampurInduKanwalChib in the Conference Hall DC Office Complex.
Senior Superintendent of Police, UdhampurVinod Kumar; Additional Deputy Commissioner, Mohammad Syed Khan; Assistant Commissioner Revenue, Rafiq Ahmed Jaral and other district officers of different departments besides Representatives of Beoparmandal and prominent citizen were present in the meeting.
Threadbare discussions were held on arrangements related to security, provision of safe drinking water, power supply, barricading, First-aid, sanitation, checking of rates etc. Directions were issued to district heads of various departments to ensure fool-proof arrangements pertaining to their respective department well before the start of the mela.
To keep check on overcharging and quality of eatables, a Team was constituted to ensure that no shopkeeper sell sub-standard eatables during the mela days at DevikaGhat.
It was decided in the meeting that Executive Engineer Jal Shakti would ensure drinking Water arrangements, while the Executive Officer, Municipality was asked to ensure proper cleansing at the site.
Regarding provision of Healthcare, the CMO was asked to depute a team of doctors along with the ambulance for the mela days. Executive Engineer, PDD would ensure uninterrupted power supply during the Mela days. Likewise, the police department would ensure adequate security arrangements at the mela site. It was decided in the meeting that TehsildarUdhampur would be the Mela Officer.
The activity calendar for the fair including cultural programme, establishment ofcontrol room, deployment of medical teams, Deployment of magistrates, CCTV Cameras and deployment of fire tender were also discussed in the meeting.
“There will be a complete ban on use of disposable material at the mela site,” the meeting decided.
Addressing the meeting, the DC directed all the district officers to work in coordination for finalizing necessary arrangements well in advance.