Andhra Pradesh Minister N Manohar on Sunday alleged that unlawful rice exports value Rs 48,537 crore, amounting to over 1.3 crore MT, have been routed by way of Kakinada Port beneath the erstwhile YSRCP regime.
Addressing a press convention, the Minister for Civil Provides, Meals and Client Affairs, accused the YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led authorities of bringing infamy to the port, situated in Kakinada district, and turning it right into a “smuggling den”.
“Previously three fiscal years, Rs 48,537 crore value of rice was exported from Kakinada Port alone, indicating the size of the rice mafia. Individuals want to know this,” Manohar mentioned.
In keeping with the minister, a community was shaped stretching from Chittoor to Srikakulam to revenue from unlawful rice exports, which allegedly concerned creating inexperienced channels to maneuver the cereal to the port.
Manohar additionally claimed that rice was illegally exported to African nations, with no different port exporting as a lot rice as Kakinada Port.
Additional, Manohar asserted that the NDA authorities is working to “dismantle the rice mafia” and promised to not spare any highly effective figures behind it.
There was no quick response from the YSRCP to the minister’s allegations.
