AP V&E book 208 vendors for under weighing
Deccan ChronicleVIJAYAWADA: AP Vigilance & Enforcement department officials, along with Legal Metrology authorities, carried out checks at 431 fish, chicken and mutton shops in various districts of the state and registered 208 cases for violation of norms. They inspected 431 fish, chicken and mutton shops and filed cases against 208 of them under various sections of the Legal Metrology Act, 2009, for deceiving people by under weighing their products. V&E officials said they booked cases against 16 shops in markets of Narasannapeta, Singupuram and Srikakulam in the Srikakulam district, 12 shops at Pusapatirega, Bhogapuram and Savaravalli in Vizianagaram district, eight shops at Veeraghattam and Navagam in PVP Manyam district, three shops in Visakhapatnam city, five shops at Prathipadu and Yeleswaram in Kakinada district, eight shops at Anaparthi and Kadiyam in East Godavari district, nine shops at Kothapeta in Dr B.R. Cases have further been registered against 11 shops in Parchuru, Karemchedu and Chirala mandals of Bapatla district, 15 shops at Narsaraopeta town in Palnadu district, nine shops at Ongole town and in Maddipadu mandal of Prakasam district, 11 shops at Kavali, Butchireddypalem, Podalakur and Nellore city in Nellore district, 13 shops at Tirupati, 14 shops in CK.