DC inspects Ramazan Bazaars

DC inspects food stalls, flour, sugar, chicken and agriculture, says items to be sold at low rates in Ramazan Bazaar

LAHORE:

The Deputy Commissioner of Lahore, Umar Sher Chattha, on Sunday visited the Ramazan Bazaars at Township and Johar Town and inspected the arrangements and quality of fruits, vegetables on other items.

The Additional Deputy Commissioner, Shahid Khathia, AC Raiwind Hamid Rashid, AC Model Town Sonia Sadaf, Metropolitan Corporation Lahore (MCL) Chief Executive Officer, officials of market committee and other relevant staff were present on the occasion.

The deputy commissioner inspected food stalls, flour, sugar, chicken and agriculture fair price shops in the Ramazan Bazaar. He said that food items would be sold at low rates in Ramazan Bazaar.

He added that food items had been subsidized at fixed rates by the government in Ramazan bazaars. He said that price control magistrates should work actively throughout the district.

The deputy commissioner said that a 10-kg bag of flour was available at subsidised rate of Rs400. He added that subsidy was being given at the rate of Rs12 per kg on chicken and Rs6 per dozen on eggs in Ramazan Bazaar. He said that 13 items had been subsidized in the agriculture Fair Price Shop to provide relief to the people.