Nearly 1.21 lakh tonnes of pulses have been seized so far during the de-hoarding operations launched by several States.<br/><br/>An official release said, over nine thousand raids were conducted across the States during the operation.<br/><br/>An official release said, States have been advised to continue the drive further under the Essential Commodities Act against hoarders.<br/><br/>It said,States are also opening more centers to make pulses available at reasonable rates and Wholesale and retail centers have shown continued declining trends in prices of Arhar Dal.