PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government on Monday increased the daily supply quota of wheat from 4,000 tonnes to 5,000 tonnes to control the price of flour in the province.
In this regard, the provincial food department has directed district food controllers, storage and enforcement officers and rationing controller to ensure timely supply to relevant flour mills in every district of KP.
According to food department sources, wheat will be supplied to all districts according to population. Dera Ismail (D.I.) Khan will be provided 231 tonnes, Lower Dir 196 tonnes, Upper Dir 129 tonnes, Haripur 137 tonnes, Hangu 71 tonnes, Lakki Marwat 123 tonnes, Malakand 98 tonnes, Mansehra 212 tonnes, Mardan 324 tonnes, Nowshera 207 tonnes, Peshawar 591 tonnes and with a quota of 4.2 per cent, the capital city will be provided an extra 173 tonnes on a daily basis.
Further, Swabi would be provided with 222 tonnes of wheat, Shangla 103 tonnes, Swat 315 tonnes, Tank 58 tonnes, Tor Ghar 23 tons, Karak 96 tons, Kohat 152 tonnes, Kohistan 40 tonnes, Khyber 133 tonnes, Mohmand 63 tonnes, Bajaur 147 tonnes, Kurram 83 tonnes, Orakzai 34 tonnes, North Waziristan 73 tonnes, and South Waziristan 91 tonnes.
According to sources, a flour crisis had arisen in the province due to untimely supply of wheat to flour mills, forcing the common man to buy flour at higher prices with a 20kg of flour going up from Rs 1,400 to Rs 1,500.
KP Pakistan Flour Mills Association (PFMA) Provincial General Secretary Haji Iqbal said that the provincial government’s supply of wheat to flour mills would end the flour crisis in the province and bring down prices.
He said that earlier, the provincial government had increased the wheat quota from 3,000 metric tonnes to 4,000 metric tonnes due to which the price of a 20 kg flour has come down from Rs1,500 to Rs1,200 whereas the increased supply of 1,000 metric tonnes of wheat would reduce further flour prices in the market.
