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| Dupe gullible customers with highly inflated prices | | Katra fruit vendors on looting spree | | Ajay Sharma
Katra, Apr 13: The holy town of Katra catering to lacs of pilgrims from all over India as well as from the abroad also coming here to pay obeisance at the holy shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi has embarked upon the unholy tactics of looting the pilgrims while charging hefty amounts for the fruits purchased by them.
Many complaints have been reported from the pilgrims to have been duped of their money by the fruit vendors who allegedly in connivance with the administration there are looting the gullible purchasers by charging them the astronomical amounts for the fruits purchased by them.
As per the information making rounds in the base camp Katra a one kg of Mango that costs around Rs 100 in Jammu Mandi is being charged Rs 220 to Rs 250 per kg with no check on the prices coming from the administration.
Same is the case with other seasonal fruits like banana that costs Rs 50 to Rs 55 per dozen in Jammu mandi is being charged at Rs 100 to Rs 120 per dozen which turns out to be a brazen anarchy in the holy town being exercised by the fruit vendors .
" I was shocked to buy one kg apple from a vendor at the base who charged me Rs 300 and I came to know that same was priced at Rs 140 in Jammu ," said Navin Kumar a delhi based businessman who had come to Katra to pay obeisance at Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine .
Amit Kumar of Ranchi too had the same grudge when he had to shell Rs230 for a one dozen ornage which are priced Rs 70 at Jammu.
The Tehsil Supply Officer Katra when contacted on the issue admitted that there had been many complaints on the account and he has forwarded the same to Assistant Director CAPD for taking the cognisance of the same.
When asked as to whether there is any connivance with the authorities that have left the fruit vendors scot free to sell their wares at their own whims, he denied any such allegations.
" It is totally a false allegation that authorities are in any sort of connivance with the fruit vendors . We have received the complaints on these accounts and action has been initiated against the culprits ," said Chamail Singh , Tehsil Supply Officer Katra .The Assistant Director CAPD , Mohanmad Najeeb Shah who was given such consideration said that since he was busy in election schedule of the state and had not taken the view of the activities being conducted here .
" Since today is Sunday, tomorrow onwards a critical and clinical execution of the exercise would be conducted to nab the culprits selling fruits on the inflated prices and enquiry would be held against the defaulters ," he assured . |
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