Ramazan ‘sasta bazaars’ on the cards
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The district administration has prepared a plan to set up cheap markets (bachat bazaar) to supply subsidised food items, including, vegetables, fruits, grocery items, meat, chicken, eggs, flour, sugar, ghee and oil in the holy month of Ramazan.
A total of 17 bachat bazaars will be set up across the district. The locations they will be set up include Committee Chowk, Hyderi Chowk, Dhoke Hassu, Khayaban Sir Syed, Allama Iqbal Park Double Road, Gulzar Quaid, Adiala Road, Chakri Road Chowk, Morgah, Chohar Chowk and Chongi 22.
Another six cheap markets will be set up in the tehsils of Murree, Kotli Sattian, Kahuta, Kallar Syedan, Gujjar Khan and Taxila. Additionally, 24 cheap handcart bazaars across the city and cantonment areas have also been declared as subsidised essential goods sale centres for the month of Ramadan.
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All the Ramazan sasta bazaars will be established on the 25th of Shaban and will continue till the 29th of Ramazan. From the 20th Ramazan onwards, the same bazaars will be declared as Eid bazaars and will sell festive items and other Eid essentials, such as fancy clothing for children.
Prices for cheap Ramadan bazaars will be suggested by the government. For the convenience of those fasting, every cheap Ramazan market will have a separate sugar stall while flour will be supplied from trucks parked near the bazaars.
According to Deputy Commissioner Hasan Waqar Cheema, each Ramazan bazaar will have a separate in-charge who will monitor prices and security.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 14th 2024.