Amritsar, September 4
Huge wheat stocks stored in the Vinod Open Complex (part of a rice sheller) here in 2002 by the District Food and Civil Supplies Controller have been rendered “unfit for human
consumption”.
The FCI is unlikely to lift the “rotten stocks”, which have been declared second grade.
The non-lifting of the wheat stocks has created problems for the sheller owner, Mr Vinod Kumar, sarpanch, Bhakna. He alleges that apart from being a health hazard, the pest-infested stocks will be a hindrance to the stacking of paddy
on the premises in the coming days.
The situation at some other rice shellers is no different.
It is learnt that in the given circumstances, the government department concerned will be left with no option but to auction the rotten stocks for animal consumption.
Intriguingly, the wheat stored at the rice sheller in the subsequent years (2003, 2004 and even 2005) has already
been lifted.
