Capital facing shortage of 11,000 flour bags per day

29 Oct, 2008

Islamabad is facing shortage of 11,000 flour bags per day and trying to overcome this problem by requesting the Punjab government to increase flour quota for federal capital. " Islamabad is currently obtaining 14,000 flour bags per day and the total demand is at least 25,000 bags.
There is definitely a short fall but every possible effort is being made to overcome this shortage and the Punjab government has been requested to increase the supply to the capital," the officials sources of the district administration said here on Tuesday.
Regarding the likely increase in prices of `Roti', he said that Naan Bai Association have not contacted district administration to discuss the matter after increase in flour prices and it is their own decision to raise Re 1 in the price of Roti.
Meanwhile, the representatives of Naan Bai Association said that administration should allow them to increase the price as the flour prices have gone up. The officials of district administration said that a meeting would be called soon with the bread bakers makers to resolve the issue.

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