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KARACHI: Sindh province likely to face flour shortage as government and flour mills association have been engaged in a row after the millers unilaterally increased per KG flour price from 105 rupees to 130.
The government of Sindh has decided to take action against flour mills that have raised the price of flour from the 105 rupees per kilogram that was set by the government to 130 rupees per kilogram.
Notwithstanding the fact that the official price for chakki flour is set at Rs105 per kg and the rate charged by flour mills at Rs98, flour prices consistently range around Rs130 per kilo.
The government has decided to launch crackdown against those flour mills, which are not selling the flour on the price fixed by the government.
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“Some flour mills have hiked per KG price of wheat flour to 130, while the government providing them wheat on Rs 85 per kilo”, ARY News reported citing food department sources.
“The government won’t accept blackmailing of the association, they are bound to sell the flour at 105 per KG,” officials said. “Those flour mills will be sealed, which will fail to comply with the rate fixed by the government,” food department has warned.
