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Center Owned by Daily Thanthi GroupTN cancels new order as 4.5 lakh kilos of ‘missing’ Maharashtra onions cause a stink
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left · 1 outlet
Around 25% of the onions were rotten, had sprouted or were affected by fungus; and 50% did not meet the requisite size standards
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center · 2 outlets
CHENNAI: The state cooperation department has cancelled its order for procuring 400 MT of onions from a central agency after finding that more than 30% of the consignment, meant for sale at `35/kg through fair price shops, was rotten and failed to meet the prescribed quality standards. The onions…
RSS excerpt
CHENNAI: Even as 450 tonnes (4.5 lakh kilos) of onions that were sent from Maharashtra to be sold for subsidised rate in Tamil Nadu remained untraced, with the Cooperation Department and Railway officials giving contradictory accounts, the State government cancelled a procurement order with the…
