The province of Punjab has achieved 45 percent of the wheat procurement target while the drive is in full swing with hopes to achieve the target of 4.5 million tons very soon.
Food Minister Punjab Abdul Aleem Khan said this while participating in the meeting of National Command and Operational Center through video link here on Monday. He said that the food sector in the province is being closely monitored and efforts are being made to ensure no shortage. He said wheat crop size and procurement in South Punjab would be more than the target, however, rains in Central and Upper Punjab have affected the wheat crop to some extent.
Talking about the supply of wheat from Punjab to other provinces, Aleem Khan said that efforts are being made to ensure that there are no two buyers in the market at the same time for the purchase of wheat. The Punjab government will buy the wheat as per their requirement and hand it over to other provinces, especially KPK.
The minister told the meeting participants that Punjab flour mills are allowed to have 72 hours stock which they can refill 24 hours in advance as well. He said keeping in view the past experience Punjab has replicated an integrated policy of wheat which has been adopted for transportation. He told that there is no restriction on inter-district transportation of wheat in the province.
Similarly, people can buy wheat for their personal use. He presented a comparative review at the video link meeting with the National Command and Operational Center and answered various questions.
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