LAHORE (Punjabi): Punjab Chief Minister Usman Bazdar on Monday directed the media to take strong action against the blatant hike in flour prices, which prompted crackdowns across the province against cracked 376 florins and a total of 9 lakhs. Fined Rs.news world ahmed
The licenses of 15 floor mills were suspended and wheat quota of 180 floor mills was suspended while 126 cell points were set up in various cities of Punjab to ensure the supply of flour.
According to the details, action has also been initiated against the officers of the department for the negligence of duty on the directives of Chief Minister Usman Bazdar and four officers of the department involved in the negligence of duties and irregularities have been removed.current world news
District Food Controller Gujranwala Rohil Butt and District Food Controller Sialkot Nasrallah Khan Nadeem have been suspended while Deputy Director Food Department Faisalabad Kamran Bashir and District Food Controller Vehari Sagheer Ahmed have been removed.
Under the direction of Chief Minister Usman Bazdar, 126 cell points have been set up to ensure the supply of flour in different cities of Punjab. The supply of flour is started at 21 mill points in Lahore Division at trucks at X mill rate. Similarly, at Rawalpindi division, 55 cell points have been established. Dough is being supplied by truck to the control rate.
In Gujranwala division, flour has been started by delivering the trucks at 9 control points and the flour is being supplied through trucks at 17 cell points in Bawalpur division while the supply of flour has been started by truck at 24 cell points in Sialkot district.current world news
Chief Minister Usman Bazdar has said that people will be ensured availability of flour at fixed rates. Chief Minister Usman Bazdar directed to set up a monitoring cell in the department of food and said that supply and demand of wheat and flour should be strictly monitored.
Official wheat kata open market to be sold in the mills will be sealed.
In this regard the demand and supply of flour was reviewed in the province. The Minister of Food, Samiullah Chaudhry, attended the meeting via video link with Bahawalpur.
Chief Secretary, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Secretary Food, Director Food, Secretary Information attended the meeting.current world news
