Food dept to provide wheat to small grinding units

District administration is preparing mechanism to provide wheat to small 100 grinding units operating at street level, in order to facilitate the masses.

A large number of people used to purchase flour from small grinding units. Now the district administration decided to provide three bags of wheat to every grinding unit on daily basis.

The owners of the grinding units will ensure sale of flour at government's recommended prices only, displaying flour price banners at visible place. DFC Ahmed Javed informed 30,000 flour bags were being sold at 80 special sales points on daily basis in district Multan. Similarly, every flour mill is being monitored by Food Inspector, he added.

Deputy Commissioner stated that new crop of wheat would be available in March after the crop would be matured in Sindh Province.