Weights and Measures week

SILCHAR, Jan 2: To create awareness about weights and measures among the consumers, the district authority concerned has been observing ‘weights and measures week’ since last Friday. As a part of which, the concerned authority informed that all sorts of balance equipments should be repaired after every two years. It said that the necessary information on all the packets of goods especially which are imported from foreign countries should be well printed. Apart from this, the size and price should be written on every packet of shoes, readymade clothes and other such things. It is illegal to sell cement as a packet and the department instructed the consumers to buy it on the basis of weight. Wood, sand and stones should be sold based on cubic meter or centimeter. The department also instructed the customers to verify the weights, prices and sizes of the goods before purchasing it. It also said that all the shop owners should provide cash memo against all the commodities sold by them.

Source : The sentinel Assam