Flour prices likely to go up

RAWALPINDI:

The contractors supplying flour to retail shops and the flour millers have suddenly increased the loading and unloading (labour) charges of flour, fine flour, bran bags, and sacks across the district.

The move is likely to increase wholesale and retail prices of flour, bran and fine flour in the open market and further jack up the prices of roti/ bread, naan and paratha.

The suppliers and dealers of flour and fine flour have increased the loading and unloading charges of a 10-kilogramme bag from Rs2.5 to Rs3.5 per bag, and of both 15kg and 20kg bags from Rs3.5 to Rs4.5.

The loading and unloading rate of 79kg sack of flour has been increased from Rs10 to Rs12, 50kg flour sack from Rs7.50 to Rs8.50, 20kg bran bag from Rs4.5 to Rs5.5, 30kg bran bag from Rs6 to Rs7, 50kg bran bag from Rs8 to Rs9.

Contractor Fazal Mabood and representatives of the flour mills management, Khawaja Imran and Tariq Mehmood signed the new rates.

Protesting over the increase in labour charges, Retail Association president Saleem Pervaiz Butt said no charges are paid for the loading and unloading of flour, fine flour and sacks in the rest of the province.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 7^th 2024.