ICTA cracks down on profiteers

ICTA have fined 30 sellers for charging high rates and three food outlets for unhygienic food

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Capital Territory Administration (ICTA) is cracking down hard on the city's profiteers, fleecing people since beginning of Ramazan and have fined 30 sellers for charging high rates and three food outlets for unhygienic food amounting to Rs 1,09,500.

Speaking to the media ICTA spokesperson informed, in an operation against profiteers Food Inspector, Raja Ashraf conducted price checking drive in G-10 and G-11 markets and checked 30 shops and imposed fines of Rs 32.000 on the profiteers for overcharging and not displaying the rate list.



Similarly Aassistant Commissioner (Shalimar) conducted price checking operation in G-11 Chaudhry market and visited 35 shops and fined the profiteers Rs 40,000, he added.

Deputy Director Foods, Muhammad Afzal conducting price inspection crackdown in I-10/3 market and fined the shopkeepers Rs  Rs 37,500.

The spokesperson said inspecting teams also disposed of certain confiscated unhygienic food items. Sample of milk suspected of containing harmful chemical was also sent to the laboratory for checking.



The administration has directed all the shopkeepers to display the rate list of food items and warned them of stern action that would be taken against the violators.

They were also directed to ensure the quality of food items.

A buyer Rehan Satti from G-9 market appreciated the administration for tightening noose around these profiteers who dropped the price-hike bomb on public with the start of Ramazan

The fruit and vegetable vendors looted the public in the first ten days without anyone's fear. He urged the authorities concerned to go with the same spirit until the end of the Ramazan.  

Published in The Express Tribune, June 3^rd, 2018.