Mizoram minister warns against fuel hoarding

AIZAWL: Mizoram food, civil supplies and consumer affairs minister B Lalchhanzova on Friday said a crackdown will be launched in Aizawl and all the district headquarters against the hoarders and black marketeers of petrol taking advantage of fuel scarcity in the state.
Lalchhanzova made this statement in a meeting of department officials and other officials to take stock of the situation arising out of the current shortage of petroleum due to recent damage of rail tracks on the Lumding-Badarpur sector in neighbouring Assam.
He said black marketeers have been openly selling petrol in many places, including in front of filling stations which have dried up. "There is sufficient evidence that many people have been hoarding petrol and selling it at a much higher rate," he said.
He said police and employees of the food, civil supplies and consumer affairs under the supervision of the officials of the Aizawl district deputy commissioner, will conduct on-the-spot inspection of the petrol pumps. Deputy commissioners of other 10 districts have also been instructed to do the same.