Flour Mills Association to increase in value along with flour shortage. Food Department Punjab on behalf of Punjab across the Lahore flour mills to provide the wheat release policy ended August 31, after which the province flour for wheat was off the supply, but the government from flour to wheat were issued the instructions to provide quota but Lahore’s food department in the warehouses of wheat due to flour mills for wheat could not be launched.
Asim Raza, Central Chairman, Flour Mills Association, said that wheat supply to 72 flour mills in Lahore has been cut off and the Food Department is issuing instructions to supply flour to government flour mills in Lahore from government warehouses in other cities. In any case, it is not acceptable because the cost of bringing wheat from other cities to Lahore will increase, which may increase the price of a 20 kg bag of flour.
On the other hand, the district administration has banned the sale of 25 kg bags of flour. A statement issued by Deputy Commissioner Danish Afzal said that the decision to stop the sale of 25 kg bags of flour has been taken. Has been made to improve.
Extracted from City42 News
