Dimapur, Oct. 7 (EMN): With escalation in the prices of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) coupled with certain elements resorting to black marketing becoming an order of the day, Nagaland Voluntary Consumer Society (NVCO) has questioned the role of state government and district administration in mitigating the plight of common man.
In a press release, NVCO press and media cell questioned the state government particularly the district administration on the shortage of LPG which has become the order of the day. It alleged that due to black marketing, price of LPG per cylinder has shoot up to INR 1600 in the state capital Kohima as compared to the rate of
Dimapur which cost INR 1400 whereas the actual rate with gas card with recent hiked was INR 940.
NVCO questioned the government as to why they could not understand the huge gap between the ‘demand’ and ‘supply’ of LPG cylinders.
NVCO had cited instance in which an old citizen from Kohima had approached its president with sample of three medicines prescribed by an Ayurvedic doctor stating that he had spent INR 18000 for small quantity of medicines without any receipt and label indicating date of manufacture and expiry date.
It informed that the doctor simply put down the phone when its president attempted to intervene into the case.
Referring to recent case in which Popular Bakery was found selling expired Lychee and Nata De Coco juice in Kohima town, NVCO has termed as ‘unreasonable’ on the part of proprietor replicating to illiteracy of its employees.
NVCO has asked the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) and designated Food Safety Officer, Kohima, to speed it up the investigation for safety of consumers. While condemning the action of Popular Bakery, PR Hill, Kohima, for playing with lives of the people especially the citizens of Kohima, NVCO has asked the consumers to be ‘more alert’ and check the date of expiry and other information before buying it.
NVCO has meanwhile appreciated the initiative of the Tuesang Chamber of Commerce & Industries (TCCI) to build a much-needed Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the District Hospital in Tuesang, which would also benefit Mon, Longleng and Kiphire.
“For many years the government remain a silent spectators as far as bringing ICU to District Hospital is concerned for the four eastern Nagaland districts but the government particularly the concerned department remained very corrupt as in one incident the record shows the sum of more than INR 16 crores was spent for procuring ICU machine but in reality the department had spent the sum of INR 5 crore only,” NVCO alleged. It asked the department to justify to public where the remaining money amounting to more than 11 crores had gone.
