Govt sealed gas dealers

Kathmandu, Aug 23: The government Tuesday shut three gas dealers and a grocery store in the Kathmandu Valley.

The monitoring teams led by the Department of Supply Management and Consumer Protection sealed Triveni Gas Collection Centre Koteshwor, Energetic Trading House Lalitpur, Siddartha Gas Collection Centre Balkumari and Siddhi Binayak Food Store Tinthana.

The three gas dealers were sealed as the empty cylinders they stored were found to be heavier than the standard weight set by the government.

Eight cylinders were found to be heavier than the standard weight at Triveni and Energetic while three such cylinders were stored at Siddartha.

“The stores were sealed and process was initiated for further action,” informed the Ministry spokesperson Ananda Ram Regmi in a press statement.

Likewise, Siddhi Binayak Store has been shut for selling goods that were date expired and had no labels.

Likewise, the monitoring teams found inedible meat stored in Man Bhagwati Meat Store and New Gorkhali Fresh House at Naya Bazar.

It destroyed 83 kilograms of meat from Man Bhagwati and 19 kg from New Gorkhali.

It confiscated 13 pads of fake invoices from Chicken Hot Meat Shop Naya Bazar.

Food items without label were also seized from 12 grocery shops at Makhan, Kathmandu.

The Department monitored 21 business outlets that included groceries, meat stores, gas dealers and pharmacies.