The wheat crisis has been increasing as recent floods inflicted big damage to the crops and the godowns of wheat. Punjab Food Department said: Three and a half lakh tonnes of wheat was wasted in Rajanpur and Fazilpur godowns.
A request has been made to the federal government to seek permission for importing one million tonnes of wheat.
Punjab Food Department added that the official quota in Punjab is 16,700 tonnes per day, the sources, provincial need is 25,000 tonnes of wheat. The insider raised fear of famine in December.
The price of 10 kg is Rs 490 and The price of a twenty kg bag of government wheat is Rs 890 while the government wheat is unavailable in most of the storesChairman of Flour Mills Association Asim Raza said that the mills were doing their job. But, he too set alarm bells ringing, saying that the situation is worsening and the government should take immediate steps to cope with the emerging challenge.
