Various organizations demand action against senior food safety officer of Lakhimpur

LAKHIMPUR: Various organizations of Lakhimpur submitted memoranda to State Finance, Health and PWD Minister Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarmah, who visited the district on August 15 to take part in the Independence Day celebration, regarding some crucial issues.

Submitting the memorandum, the Lakhimpur district unit of Manab Adhikar Sangram Samiti demanded the minister to take immediate steps to construct a bridge over Subansiri connecting Ghunasuti and North Lakhimpur headquarters. According to the organization, over seventy thousand population of Ghunasuti, which is historically famous for the perennial love-story of Jonky and Panei, have suffered a lot year after year due to lack of the bridge. The memorandum stated that the construction of the bridge would cause drastic change in Tourism and many other sectors connected with the area and reduce the distance between North Lakhimpur and Dhakuakhana from 80 km to 30 km.

Further the organization demanded the minister to take action against the Senior Food Safety Officer of Lakhimpur who was in charge of Dhemji district too. Regarding the demand, the organization in the memorandum alleged that the Food Safety officers of the State under his department had not taken any steps against adulterated and unsafe food products. “The Senior Food Safety officer of Lakhimpur has not taken any such effective initiatives and hence the markets of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have been filled with adulterated and unsafe food products, mostly with those which are popular among children”, the memorandum stated.

The Lakhimpur district unit of All Assam Hindu Youth Council(AAHYC) also submitted the minister a separate memorandum demanding the suspension of the Senior Food Safety officer. According to the memorandum of the organization, the people of Lakhimpur and Dhemaji have to purchase adulterated food items from the market due to the dereliction of the officer concerned during the last fourteen years period. “The black marketeers have run an abated business of adulterated and unsafe food products in both district with indirect co-operation of the Senior Food Safety Officers. The officer is infamous as the most corrupted officers among the businessmen of Lakhimpur”, remarked the memorandum submitted by Lakhimpur AAHYC.