Balochistan Chief Secretary Mathar Niaz Rana directed the concerned to take effective measures to provide essential items to people at Utility Stores during Ramazan so that the shortage of any goods should be avoided in the stores. Chairing a meeting to review the prices of essential commodities in Ramazan, he said that in case of sale of Utility Stores’s goods in the open market strict legal action would be taken against the responsible.
He said that various Sasta Bazars have been set up by the provincial government in all the districts of the province for the supply of food items at subsidized rates to provide relief to the consumers during the month of Ramazan, in which standardized items were being provided to the people at subsidized rates. He directed setting up various stalls in Sasta Bazars to ensure supply of goods to the people at government rates.
The Chief Secretary directed that artificial inflation be controlled to ensure the supply of cheap items to the people in the blessed month of Ramazan. He directed to monitor the Sasta Bazars on daily basis during Ramazan so that relief could be provided to the people.