Surprise visit: ‘Subsidised flour is meant for the poor’

HYDERABAD: Hyderabad Divisional Commissioner Ahmad Bux Narejo said he was unhappy with the distribution of subsidised flour, warning flour mills to follow instructions. He warned the officers of the food department to ensure that not a single bag goes to undeserving people. He paid a surprise visit to flour mills in Hyderabad on Tuesday. He explained that the provincial government had given a two-billion-rupee subsidy on flour for the benefit of the poor.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 4^th, 2011.