CAPD supplies sub-standard flour in South Kashmir , Dozen’s fall sick

5 Dariya News

Pulwama 30-Nov-2015

At a time when Food Ministry in Jammu and Kashmir has been making tall claims of providing standard and timely ration to the consumers, locals in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district have alleged that CAPD department has added to their woes by supplying sub-standard flour in the last few days.Reports said that many people have fallen sick after consuming Chappatis at their houses. “The flour we have procured from local ration depot turns black after some water is added to it. Many people developed constipation and other ailments after consuming chappatis made from such flour and were lodged in sub-district hospital Tral,” said a local from Chandrigam. Same complaints were made by local residents from Aaligund, Bargam, Nowpor, Amlar, Dadsara, Lalgam, Noorpora and Doonigund hamlets.Women who queued to the ration shops were shocked to receive poor quality flour. Some even declined to take the stock.Flour supplied by a ration shop here was of sub-standard quality. Half the quantity of grains was filled with clay, stones, unhusked flour, and rust,” a consumer told CNS.Director CAPD did not respond to repeated phone calls, however, Food Minister Chowdary Zulifkar Ali assured probe and action in case the allegations prove correct. (CNS)