Varanasi, July 24, 2013: Department of Food and Drug Administration will keep a strict vigil on the quality of street food served to devotees andKanwariyas during the month of Shrawan.

According to designated officer, FDA, Hari Shankar Singh, all the food inspectors have been given direction to check that the quality and standards of edibles is maintained by vendors at crowded places. The checking will be emphasised at all the six routes from where Kanwariyas will enter the city. "We are also going to keep a record of the mobile phone numbers and names of each vendor who would be putting their stalls in fairs, near temples and kanwariya camps on different routes," he informed. However, there are no restrictions or limitations on the number of food stalls to be put in an area, he added. 

Source: Times of India, July 24, 2013