Wheat procurement target to be met by 30th

RECORDER REPORT

LAHORE: Secretary Food Punjab, Irfan Ali, has directed all the District Coordination Officers (DCOs) and Director Food Punjab to immediately resolve the issues of those growers who some how could not be enlisted in gardawari list due to any reason.

He expressed these views while inspecting various wheat procurement centers. He inspected centers in Lahore, Kasur, Nankana, Sheikhupura, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalnagar, Lodhara and others and appreciated the arrangements made by the administration.

He urged the officers to work with full devotion and honesty and ensure to extend every possible facility to the farmers.

He hoped that the department would meet the wheat procurement target by May 30.

Meanwhile according to a spokesman of the Punjab Food, the department has distributed 4,383,740 gunny bags to growers during the last four days while 31.7 million jute bags were in stock. He said gunny bags were available in abundance at every procurement center in every district. He further said that the gunny bags were being distributed on first come first serve basis continuously. Small growers were being given up to 50 bags on priority basis.