Fair price shops opened to overcome flour crisis: millers.

TAXILA -- Flour mill owners here on Tuesday said they have joined hands with the food department and the local administration to to ensure uninterrupted supply of flour to the citizens at the officially-fixed rate.

Pakistan Flour Mills Association Punjab chapter Vice Chairman Sheikh Mohammad Saeed along with District Food Controller Mazhar Hussain Baluch and Assistant Commissioner Mohammad Faheem told newsmen that steps had been taken to curb the artificial price hike, shortage and hoarding of flour.

'Two fair price shops have been established at each union council of the city. As many as 31 fair price shops and seven trucking points have also been set up in urban areas where 20 kg flour bag is being sold at Rs800,' said Mr Saeeed.

He said fair price shops had also been established on the premises of 23 flour mills in Taxila.

The assistant commissioner said a control room to monitor the availability of flour and its supply to fair price shops had already been set up where officials of the local administration and food department were monitoring the prices as well as availability of the commodity.

He said the monitoring officials would keep an eye in the market besides recording discrepancies in the supply.

To a question, he said there was no 'crisis of flour' in Taxila subdivision. He said the wheat stock in area was sufficient to meet the demand...