Multi-disciplinary panel set up to look into PDS rice smuggling at Andhra's Kakinada
KAKINADA: A multi-disciplinary committee has been formed to look into the details of rice cargo loaded on Stella L Panama vessel at the Deepwater Port. District Collector Shanmohan Sagili, along with Superintendent of Police Vikrant Patil, told the media here on Tuesday that the committee will comprise officials from revenue, police, customs, civil supplies and port, and will be responsible for ascertaining whether the rice has been illegally obtained or recycled from the Public Distribution System. The Collector and Kakinada RDO inspected Stella L vessel at the Deepwater Port on November 27, and found PDS rice onboard. The Collector said standard operating procedures will be developed at the State level to regulate the inspection process of rice entering the Kakinada port from districts.
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