At a time when Delhi is fighting the COVID crisis, on Thursday, the Govt. of Delhi night extended the ban on the manufacture, storage, sale & distribution of gutkha & pan masala for 1 more year.
On Thursday, issuing a notification, Food Safety Commissioner DN Singh ordered the ban of these products. However, there is no ban on cigarettes.
The notification stated that “Commissioner (Food Safety), National Capital Territory of Delhi, prohibits in the interest of public health for a period of one year in NCT the manufacture, storage, distribution, or sale of tobacco which is either flavoured, scented or mixed with any of the said additives, & whether going by the name or form of gutkha, pan masala, flavoured/scented tobacco, kharra…"
Notably, the Food Safety Department of Delhi Govt has been issuing a notification on the ban of gutkha & pan masala for the last 4 years.
The development come as Delhi on Thursday recorded 1,652 new coronavirus cases. With the number of active cases declining steadily, the recovery rate stood at over 82%.
On Thursday, nearly 41 fresh casualties were also recorded taking the death toll to 3,487 in the city. The total coronavirus count of Delhi stands at 1,16,993.
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