Staff Reporter
Punjab Minister for Environmental Protection M. Rizwan chaired price control committee meeting at DC Office of District Gujrat on Saturday. The minister also visited the Sahulat Bazaar and checked the availability, quality and prices of essential commodities.
On the occasion, Deputy Commissioner Gujrat Saif Anwer Japaa and other relevant staff of district administration were also present. In DC office, the minister briefed that Sahulat Bazaars in the district were fully functional where continuous monitoring was carried out to ensure supply of essential commodities to the consumers at discount rates.
The DC said that 100 per cent implementation of price control mechanism as per government directives was being ensured and no one would be allowed to charge arbitrary prices. After that, the Minister went to Sahulat Bazars where he visited the stalls and checked the prices of vegetables and fruits and their quantities.
He checked the availability of price lists and paid a detailed visit to the Vegetable Market. He also checked the security matters in the market and directed the police officers to do their duty vigilantly.
The Minister showed satisfaction on arrangements of the Administration and said that Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar was directly monitoring the prices of the items and the administrative machinery was
mobilised to make the
markets more accessible to
the public.
The provincial minister said that providing relief to the people was the agenda of the government and they would go to the extreme level to control the prices. He warned to administration that unjustified increase in the prices of essential commodities would not be tolerated under any circumstances.
Minister also visited Major Aziz Bhatti martyred Hospital and inquired about health facilities given to patients and directed to provide all basic facilities to the patients. Talking to media persons, the minister said that Government had given deadline till 31st December to convert their brick kilns into Zig Zag or any environment friendly technology and no would be allowed to operate on old technology after 31st.
