Distt Administration Directed To Ensure Supply Of 20 Kg Flour Bag At Rs 860

The officers of Rawalpindi District Administration have been directed to ensure supply of 20 kg flour bag at Rs 860

RAWALPINDI, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 29th Oct, 2020 ) :The officers of Rawalpindi District Administration have been directed to ensure supply of 20 kg flour bag at Rs 860.

According to a District Administration spokesman, the administration had made arrangements to ensure availability of 20 kg flour bag at Rs 860 retail price fixed by the Punjab government besides setting up over 100 fair price shops for uninterrupted supply of flour to the citizens.

The administration on the directives of Deputy Commissioner Rawalpindi was making all out efforts to ensure uninterrupted supply of flour and other necessary items to the residents and the shopkeepers had been warned of strict action on violation of the prices fixed for essential commodities.

He informed that the administration had set up fair price shops in Rawalpindi city to ensure supply of wheat flour to the citizens at fixed price besides arrangements for availability of the essential commodity at Rs 860 in the open market.

The DC had directed the authorities concerned to ensure regular food supply chain here in wholesale markets all around Rawalpindi district in this regard.

The local administration had enough wheat stock to fulfill needs of residents of Rawalpindi district, he added.

He said, all the assistant commissioners, special price magistrates and other officers concerned had been directed to regularly conduct surprise raids in the open marketsand visit different areas the district to check prices of daily use items and take action in accordance with the law against the violators.