States must clampdown on hoarders: Centre to SC States must clampdown on hoarders: Centre to SC Last Updated: Mon, May 10th, 2021, 15:43:25hrs New Delhi: All states must ensure special teams at different levels to mercilessly clamp down on hoarding and black marketing of drugs during the COVID-19 pandemic and send a clear message that trading in human miseries shall not be tolerated, the Centre has told the Supreme Court. In an affidavit filed in the apex court, the Centre has said the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had communicated to all state drugs controllers (SDCs) that there should be zero tolerance to any kind of hoarding or black marketing of drugs and also to instruct their enforcement staff to keep strict vigil and take stringent action.