As many as 72 wheat procurement centers have been established in the Bahawalpur division, out of which 29 centers are in Bahawalpur district, 22 in Bahawalnagar, and 21 in Rahim Yar Khan district. According to Commissioner Bahawalpur Division Dr Ehtesham Anwar, the distribution of gunny bags at the procurement centers was being completed rapidly.
In the Bahawalpur division, 875,000 gunny bags had been distributed, he said, adding more than 7.39 million metric tons of wheat had been procured so far, which is 82 percent of the set target. According to data obtained from the Department of Agricul-ture, a strict crackdown had been started against illegal hoarding and inter-district transfer of wheat in the Bahawalpur division.
