Bajaur people resent 'mismanagement' at flour points.

BAJAUR -- Scores of people, including women, blocked a road in Inayat Kallay area here on Saturday against 'irregularities and mismanagement' in distribution of free wheat flour.

The protest was held a day after the district administration had arrested 10 wheat flour dealers and cancelled licences of 50 others for demanding money from beneficiaries of the government's free flour scheme on Friday.

The protesters blocked the road after standing in queues for hours to get flour, but failed to get their hand on a 10-kilogram bag.

'We have been visiting the distribution point for the third consecutive day to get free flour as our names are included in the list of beneficiaries, but the dealer ignored us,' regretted a 50-year-old woman.

The protesters flayed the authorities for failing to ensure smooth and transparent distribution of wheat flour among the poor people. The protesters also accused the dealers of giving special priority to those, who were backed by some influential people.

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