
VADODARA, July 29: A student Consumer Protection Training Camp will be organised at the Maharani Girls High School, Dandia Bazaar Road, on August 3 by city-based organisation Jagrut Grahak to create awareness among students about their rights as consumers.
Narhari Shah, trustee, told Express Newsline that 40 students from class IX and X will participate in the one-day camp to be held from noon to 4 pm.
8220;The students will be addressed by Assistant Director, Weights and Measures Department, G R Chauhan who will demonstrate to the students how they can be cheated by shopkeepers when they go shopping. He will also explain to them ways and methods to detect faults in the weighing machines and measures,8221; Shah added.
Joint Commissioner of the Food and Drugs Laboratory K M Bhatt will also give a presentation on food adulteration explaining to the students how food articles could be adulterated and what health hazards they pose to the consumer. The camp will be inaugurated by District Supply Officer Ashok Singh.