The agri-marketing wing of Punjab Agriculture Department has sold potatoes, onion and tomatoes worth over rupees 4.3 million to consumers on wholesale rates during the last four weeks through its 'fair price and mobile shops'. According to Special Secretary, Agriculture Marketing, Farhan Aziz Khawaja, the department set up fair price and mobile shops throughout the province on the special directives of Chief Minister Punjab, Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif.
He claimed that prices of the said commodities are witnessing a declining trend since their sale started at the shops on wholesale rates. Khawaja was chairing a meeting of the agriculture marketing wing, here on Thursday, to review the performance of the fair price and mobile shops. The meeting was informed that fair price shops, during the last four weeks, have sold 63,318 kilogram of potatoes, 53,189 onion and 942 kilogram of tomatoes to the consumers.
The special secretary directed market officers to strictly implement roadmap provided to them for supply of these vegetables to the consumers through the shops. He appreciated the balance being maintained between the supply and demand of vegetables. The meeting was also attended by the administrators and secretaries of different market committees of the province.
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