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Punjab sets up transport control rooms to ensure smooth movement of essentials

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Punjab sets up transport control rooms to ensure smooth movement of essentials
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In an order to provide a smooth supply of essentials to the people, the Punjab Government has set up Transport facilitation controls to maintain uninterrupted movement of trucks, etc carrying essential supplies, while deciding to impose Rs. 1.85 lakh penalty against anyone found selling essential items above MRP. publive-image While the central transport control room is headed by the State Transport Commission while the facilitation control rooms in the districts are headed by Secretary and the RTA. As per the orders from Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh, the Transport Department has also stepped up supplies for other states which are deficient in food grains and other essentials.
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publive-image The outward movement of stocks to deficient states has gone up by almost 50% over the normal, said the spokesperson. Adding, the spokesperson said that nearly 20-25 rakes of wheat/rice containing 54,000-67,500 tonnes are being dispatched daily to the deficient States. During the Cabinet meeting on Saturday, Captain Amarinder Singh gave strict instructions to check the prices of all essential commodities and take strong action against those found hoarding/black marketing/overcharging. Coronavirus Punjab Government order impounding of passports | Captain Amarinder Singh Meanwhile, the enforcement teams are working constantly to check to overprice, etc and are taking stringent action against those indulging in such malpractices, especially those who are selling items on higher rates. As many as 15 establishments in Pathankot, 10 in Gurdaspur, 15 in Ferozepur, one in Ludhiana and 11 in SAS Nagar have been raided by the teams and one Gas Agency has been challaned. These control rooms will also help the traders, manufacturers of essential commodities based out of Punjab to engage trucks for transportation of essential commodities to its place of consumption, said the spokesperson. Coronavirus Punjab government | 50 lakh insurance to Police and Sanitation Workers The State Control Room has been established at Chandigarh with mobile numbers 9814078544 & 9023459522. In the districts, the control rooms have been set up at Regional Transport Authorities (RTAs) at Amritsar (Amritsar & Tarn Taran) mobile numbers 9814255623 & 8872383600, Bathinda (Bathinda & Mansa) 9779700074 & 7508732655, Faridkot (Faridkot, Muktsar & Moga) 9872676005 & 9914105200, Ferozpur (Ferozepur & Fazilka) 8146852748 & 7889221313. Also Read | Barnala reports its first case of coronavirus; total number of cases in Punjab 68 Likewise, for Gurdaspur (Gurdaspur & Pathankot) 7340701977 & 8288008751, Hoshiarpur (Hoshiarpur & SBS Nagar) 9646711100 & 8727049033, Jalandhar (Jalandhar & Kapurthala) 9872413497 & 9815256996, Ludhiana 9888405018 & 8528214311, Patiala (Patiala and Fatehgarh Sahib) 8360417470 & 9501032006, SAS Nagar (SAS Nagar & Ropar) 8853400000 & 8427820090 and Sangrur (Sangrur & Barnala) 9814069272 & 9814700505. Goods vehicle operators can contact these control rooms for assistance related to plying of their vehicles, for food availability and shelter on the routes. -PTC News-
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