{"id":105793,"date":"2023-01-05T11:22:25","date_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/?p=105793"},"modified":"2023-01-05T11:26:11","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T11:26:11","slug":"food-and-civil-supplies-minister-directs-due-payments-to-truck-operators-by-january-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/?p=105793","title":{"rendered":"Food and Civil Supplies Minister directs due payments to truck operators by January 31"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>&#8211;\u00a0 \u00a0Lal Chand Kataruchak presides over meeting with representatives of truck operators<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Chandigarh, 5\u00a0 January\u00a0 2023\u00a0 :\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>The Punjab Government led by the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann stands fully committed to the welfare and raising the standard of living of every section of the society. This was reiterated by the Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Minister Mr. Lal Chand Kataruchak here today at Anaj Bhawan in Sector 39 while presiding over a meeting with the truck operators.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105797 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l2-300x140.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"140\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l2-300x140.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l2-1024x479.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l2-768x359.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l2.jpeg 1504w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister directed the officials of the department to ensure due payments to the truck operators by January 31st, 2023 and issue instructions to all the districts so that this section of the society doesn&#8217;t encounter financial crunch. The Minister further exhorted the representatives to form a committee of 3 members which would discuss any issue with the Government in a forthright manner. Sooner, the trucks would be equipped with the GPS system to bring more transparency in the working mechanism.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105799 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l1-300x283.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l1-300x283.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l1-1024x964.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l1-768x723.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l1-1536x1447.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l1.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Minister assured to look with open mind into the various demands put forth by the representatives such as allotting tenders in the market committees to only the truck operators instead of the cluster system, strengthening the approach roads towards the godowns and increasing the S.O.R. rates.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-105800 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l-300x192.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l-1024x654.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l-768x491.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l-1536x981.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l-1115x715.jpeg 1115w, https:\/\/timespunjab.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/l.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Among others present on the occasion included the Director, Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs 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