- Sharjeel Memon said that poor will be able to buy flour at Rs 65 per kg.
- He said Sindh government is giving subsidy for the provision of cheap flour.
- Mukesh Kumar said that 0.6 million bags are being supplied on daily basis.
Karachi: In order to control the rising prices of flour, the Sindh government has announced the provision of flour at Rs 95 per kg in the market.
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Inam Memon and Food Minister Mukesh Kumar Chawla, while addressing a press conference along with flour millers, said that the price of flour will be reduced from Rs 160 to Rs 95 per kg in the open market.
Sharjeel Memon said that poor and deserving people will be able to buy flour for 65 rupees per kg. He said the government is trying to make flour cheaper in the open market.
The provincial minister said that flour prices have gone up a lot, 460 trucks are supplying cheap flour in Karachi every day and 0.6 million bags of 10 kg are being given daily.
Provincial Minister said that the Sindh government is giving billions of rupees in subsidy for the provision of cheap flour, there is a flour crisis in the whole country. He said Sindh is the only province where flour is available at 65 rupees per kg.
Sharjeel Inam Memon further said that the Sindh government had demanded before the World Bank, the bank will give two billion dollars to the flood victims.
On the other hand, Mukesh Kumar Chawla while talking said that Sindh Chief Minister and PPP leadership took notice of the flour crisis, the party gave orders to find out the reasons why flour is becoming expensive. He said flour mill owners demanded that their quota should be increased and the provincial government has enhanced the quota of millers following the instructions of the Chief Minister.
He said that flour of 65 rupees per kg will be sold to the poor while from today flour will be available at 95 rupees per kg.
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