FAISALABAD:Divisional Commissioner Muhammad Shahid Niaz on Monday directed the officers concerned
to ensure effective implementation of price control mechanism throughout the division.
He was presiding over a meeting regarding the implementation of price control mechanism
and took a detailed briefing from agriculture, livestock, and agricultural marketing committee & food
departments.
He directed the deputy commissioners and assistant commissioners to visit fruit and vegetable
markets and monitor the bidding process of commodities. He asked them to keep an eye on
demand and supply and no disruption in availability of flour, chicken and other essential items
would be tolerated. There would be no compromise on the availability and quality of commodities
at the DC counters of superstores, he added.
He further said the meeting of District Price Control Committee should be held twice a week
to fully implement price control mechanism. He said the sale points of flour should be continuously
monitored and all the flour should be sent from flour mills after grinding. He also directed to ensure
timely payment to sugarcane farmers.
The Commissioner also took a briefing on the implementation of marriage act and the implementation
of the Ehsaas Ration Discount Programme. He said that farmers should be encouraged to cultivate
garlic, ginger, onion and pulse crops.
Deputy Commissioner Faisalabad Imran Hamid Sheikh gave a briefing on price control mechanism
and said that the situation of demand and supply was being monitored by holding a meeting every
morning while the bidding process in the vegetable markets was also continuously monitored.
He said the implementation of Marriage Act, Ehsaas Ration Discount Programme was going on,
while apart from the inspection of DC counters, the presence of price lists of commodities in the
markets was also being checked.
Deputy Commissioners of other districts also gave briefing.
Additional Commissioner Coordination Tariq Mahmood, Director Agriculture Chaudhry Abdul Hameed,
Assistant Commissioner Revenue Tariq Mahmood Gondal, Deputy Director Agriculture Chaudhry
Khalid Mahmood, Extra Assistant Director Agricultural Marketing Muhammad Usman, Deputy Director
Food briefed the meeting about the implementation of price control mechanism.