Ujjain: A team of food department raided Hindustan Biodiesel Pump located at Malikhedi on Unhel-Nagda Road here on Friday. The team detected various irregularities in the presence of pump owner Dilshad Ahmad and later sealed the pump.

An official release said that the pump owner could not furnish any clearance or permission from any competent authority, to operate the pump. The irregularities detected by the team include non-retention of samples of biodiesel sold by the pump operator, conversion chart to determine the quantity stored in the underground tank, no hydrometer to determine the density, no thermometer and no chart and no record were found to be maintained there.

The release further informed that 2,000 litres of biodiesel found in the underground tank was sealed. A case has been registered against the owner of bio-diesel pump under the provisions of Motor Spirit and High-Speed Diesel (Regulation of Supply, Distribution and Prevention of Malpractices) Order, 2005 and Section 3/7 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955.

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