The flour crisis is gradually coming to an end, despite some disturbing reports, in the interior of Sindh after the establishment of sale points and stalls which are selling this staple food at controlled price under the supervision of Rangers personnel.
In Sukkur, the district government has established 12 fair price shops selling a 10 kilogramme bag of flour for Rs 160 but some people complain even a 10-kg bag is out of reach of the poor daily wagers who can buy only one or two kilograms flour daily.
In Khairpur, hundreds of people were in queue at the sale points, set up in different union councils to get a 10-kg bag of flour for Rs 160 under the supervision of Rangers and police. Chakkis in the district received 13,000 wheat bags out of 30,000 bags quota for the district and 45,000 bags of 10-kg flour bags for sale at government-fixed price, Executive District Officer (Revenue) Tameezuddin Khero told APP on Wednesday.
EDO said more than 10 sale centres had been set up in the district selling flour for Rs 16 per kg and Rs 160 for 10-kg bag. More sale centres would be set up in Kingri and Nara towns and the practice would continue till the crisis had been brought under complete control, he added.
Ghotki District Food Controller (DFC) said that flour crisis in the district would come to an end after increase in wheat quota. The Ghotki district administration had set up three flour stall outside the office of mukhtiarkar's office where some 2,500 people came to buy flour.
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