Rice mills confiscated in Mysore

Acting further on their warning against errant rice mills, the district authorities of Mysore have confiscated eight rice mills for failing to comply with the rice levy regulation.

Mysore deputy commissioner Harsh Gupta said eight rice mills in the district have been confiscated and cases booked in the deputy commissioner’s court for their failure to comply with the levy regulations during 2009-10.

Around 636 quintals of rice and 2,682 quintals of paddy have been seized from the errant rice mills. The seizures are worth Rs 39.88 lakh, the Food and Civil Supplies Department said in a release.

Of the eight rice mills, four are in T Narasipur, two in Nanjangud and one each in T Narasipur taluk and Mysore city.

Last month, the authorities had raided rice mills in the district and seized Rs 67.84 lakh worth rice and paddy for not complying with the state government levy order. Cases had been booked against the rice mill owners under the Essential Commodities Act. The seizure comprised of 5,210.30 quintal paddy, 665.25 quintal rice and 35 quintal broken rice.

The deputy commissioner had warned rice mill owners that if they failed to comply with the levy order and surrendered the levy rice to the government, raids would continue followed by strict action including booking of cases. The levy target set for the district is 17,000 quintals.