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Imphal, Dec 16
Scarcity of fuel and LPG as well as essential commodities will be solved as around 250 loaded trucks including 25 petrol tankers, 42 Diesel tankers, 53 LPG loaded trucks and 128 loaded trucks of other essential commodities have crossed Jiribam area and entered Manipur today morning. This was stated by the Chief Minister of Manipur N. Biren Singh while replying to a calling attention motion by Congress MLA Govindas and MLA Surjakumar Okram.
Taking suggestions by both the MLA about the need for establishment committee like Price Fixation Committee to check the inflation, he said that the state government will be seriously taking the issue at which some traders are reportedly controlling price of essential commodities at time of bandh , blockade or situation that are happening today.
Some stringent mechanism to check inflation and price by traders will be initiated, the CM said.
Replying to MLA Govindas, the Chief Minister said that PDS rice (Super fine ) should not be available at market. Govindas earlier said that the price of superfine rice reaches Rs. 27 at market.
The Chief Minister said that he will check on how the rice are available at market. As per the report 82% of the people eligible for NFSA card had been getting rice at subsidize rate. However, there are some possibilities that some genuine beneficiary of NFSA card are still not getting what they should have got. The Chief Minister said while replying to a shocking revelation by MLA Okram Surjakanta about a widow who tried to commit suicide with her three children due to poverty at Sekmai.
