Ranchi: A team under SDO Ranchi comprising the district Agriculture officer, BDO and CO conducted visits at various shops selling urea in different blocks of this district.
The team during the visit directed the shop keepers to maintain social distancing and follow the guidelines issued in the wake of the Coronavirus crisis. The team also spoke with the farmers and other buyers and collected information from them regarding the rates at which urea was being sold. All the sellers have been clearly instructed not to overprice urea.
In wake of the previously received complaints, the stock register in the shops was matched with stock in the godown to prevent black marketing. Ranchi SDO Lokesh Mishra said that in the interest of the farmers and over the complaints of the people such action would be taken in the future also and the guidelines of Covid-19 whether they are being implemented or not would be checked and the administration would take strict action in instances of violation.