In the light of the raging controversy on the setting up of Special Investigation Team (SIT) to probe into fuel adulteration racket exposed recently by Dimapur district administration, police and ACAUT volunteers, the NPF Youth Wing Monday appealed to all concern to cooperate and work out for ways and means on how to book the culprits involved instead of criticizing the investigation team.
In a press release, NPF youth wing media cell has also appealed to all concern not only to accuse, blame or criticise; but also learn to appreciate and cooperate.
On the other hand, NPF youth wing wanted the SIT to expedite its findings and not to prolong the matter which would otherwise give chance for the guilty to flee, suppress evidences or influence anyone that would be detrimental to fairness and justice.
The youth wing further asked every right thinking citizen to appreciate the state government for setting up the SIT to investigate whether adulteration of fuel is also being sold in other outlets in other parts of the state, and that guilty should be brought to book without any bias.
It also appreciated chief minister T.R. Zeliang for setting up SIT to bring the guilty to book, stop the malpractice and deliver justice to the people.
The youth wing also stated that the efforts of the district administration and the volunteers of ACAUT needed to be appreciated by everyone since adulteration of fuel, especially adulterated diesel if distributed to outlets all over the State would adversely affect all diesel-run motor vehicles.
“It is galling that the few identified kingpins of the racket have been running the malpractice at the expense of the public, and under the very nose of the administration for decades, making lakhs and crores of rupees in the process illegally”, the youth wing said.
It claimed that this malpractice were also reported in the past, where complaints lodged and in some cases accused were caught but released on bail. “This must have emboldened the wrong doers and the magnitude of the racket, and the quantum of adulterated fuel being supplied to the outlets, has assumed alarming proportions now”, the youth wing stated.
It was for this reason, NPF youth wing said that the preceding Governments failed to do, or were unwilling, but the present government had taken a bold step and initiated a move which can reach to a logical and satisfactory conclusion.
However, the youth wing reminded that it was through the initiative of the chief minister, state government has decided to implement the National Food Security Act in the districts of Kohima and Dimapur by July this year, and to cover the remaining districts of the State by August.
The youth wing said by implementing NFSA, the state government was “bringing out new wine in a new bottle”, which could benefit more than 11 lakh people. To achieve this goal, the department of food and civil supply was working on “war footing”.
Knowing that the implementation of the Act will have huge financial implications on the State Government, the government has decided, and that “NFSA is going to be a reality and that pilferages of food grains and other essential commodities to the beneficiaries would be minimal, if not impossible, with the support of the people”.
The youth wing further claimed that pilferage of SK Oil, presently used to adulterate diesel fuel and reportedly emanating from the F&CS rations to the beneficiaries, would be checked and directly go to the beneficiaries alone once NFSA is implemented a proper way. It will also go a long way to check fuel adulteration in the State, NPF youth wing said.
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