Pindi plans subsidised Ramazan bazaars

Rawalpindi Deputy Commissioner Hassan Waqar Cheema has called a joint meeting of all departments concerned, wholesalers of food items and essential commodities, and fruit and vegetable market dealers next week to set up 16 cheap Ramzan Bazaars.

Ramazan Bazaars are being established across the district to supply vegetables, fruits, pulses, flour, and sugar at subsidised rates during the holy month of Ramazan.

The bazaars, which will be covered with marquees to provide shelter from rain, will operate from 8am to 5pm. The wholesale dealers will be allotted stalls free of charge.

Under the Punjab government's special Ramazan subsidy package, various items, including vegetables, lentils, sugar, flour, ghee, oil, chicken, eggs, and meat, will be available at discounted rates.

In Rawalpindi city, these bazaars will be set up at Committee Chowk, Haidri Chowk, Allama Iqbal Park, Dhok Hassu, Morgah, Gulzar-e-Quaid, Cantonment areas, Chungi No. 22, Dhok Syedan, Sadiqabad, and Choher Harpal. In addition, one bazaar each will be set up in the tehsils of Kahuta, Kallar Syedan, Gujar Khan, and Taxila.

To facilitate these bazaars, private vendors will be engaged to provide tents, canopies, chairs and stall tables.