Finds shopkeepers selling electrical cables with fake BIS licence numbers Jalandhar, September 14 After receiving complaints about substandard electrical material, including cables and switches etc, being sold in the city market with fake ISI marks or fake Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) licence number, a team of BIS officials from Chandigarh conducted a raid at the Phagwara Gate electrical market today. A number of shopkeepers were found selling electrical cables with the fake BIS licence number and fake BIS standard mark. On inquiring about the material being sold by them, shop owners showed ignorance about the ISI mark without manufacturers’ addresses. Bharat Kakria, president, Jalandhar Electrical Merchants Welfare Association, said, “Due to the ignorance, shop owners are selling material with the fake ISI mark.” He submitted it in writing that the BIS team should conduct an awareness programme, to make shopkeepers aware about the consequences of selling such items. The shopkeepers were advised and warned not to sell electrical items without genuine ISI mark and valid BIS licence number. Kakria also gave an undertaking on behalf of the shop owners that they would check the material for valid ISI mark and the BIS licence number before purchasing the material from manufacturers and abide by the BIS guidelines. The team members said, “The manufacturers of such substandard wires and cables with fake licence numbers are being visited by the BIS and action will be taken against them. The customers should purchase only ISI marked cables and they can check the authenticity of the manufacturer and the BIS licence number through the BIS website www.bis.org.in while purchasing any cable from the market.”

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