Our Correspondent
Muzaffargarh
Price of flour has surged from current Rs950 to Rs1000 per 15-kg bag in the district, with the hike measured to be increased by Rs50 per bag. It led locals with no other option but resorting to Sahulat Bazaar to line up purchase flour like basic commodity of life on controlled rates.
Citizens including Arshad, Naeem Tariq, Mahmood, Ghazanfar, Rajab Ali and several others said that the 15 kg flour bag was being sold at Rs 810 to Rs850 just before a week. They said life of the poor, especially daily wagers was stuck almost in inflation. It’s hard to earn bread and butter of two times of the daily life, they maintained.
They appealed chief minister Punjab to take strict notice into the account to relieve masses from increasing inflation, especially take stern measures to bring down flour prices substantially.
Deputy Commissioner Ahmad Kamal said the government would provide subsidy of Rs.250 per acre to the wheat growers who cultivate the crops at maximum 15 acres of land. He said this during the meeting with the officials of agriculture department here on Thursday.
He said the team of agriculture department should visit various areas and create awareness among farmers about the government subsidized programs and schemes so that the growers utilize their resources to grow wheat crops,adding that the problems faced by growers were resolved on priority. DC said that strict section will be taken against the sellers of bogus seed, substandard pesticides and fertilizers. He said that fertilizers included DAP and Urea were present in the district and there was no shortage.
Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Thursday appreciated the Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and provincial Food Minister for increasing wheat quota for KP flour mills.
