162 shopkeepers to provide fruit, vegetables at controlled rates
National
April 5, 2021
Rawalpindi: The district government has registered 162 shopkeepers under ‘Insaaf Sasti Mobile Shops Programme’ who will provide all kinds of vegetables and fruits at cheaper rates.
The local administration has allocated 10 points at public park near Double Road, Haidri Chowk, Committee Chowk, Dhoke Hassu, Khayaban-e-Sir Syed, Gulzar-e-Quaid, Chakri Road near Zafar Plaza, Adiala Road at Jarahi Stop, Chur Chowk Model Bazaar, and Chungi No22. The citizens could buy vegetables and fruits in cheaper prices from these designated points.
The local administration will also provide vegetables and fruits at cheaper prices in designated points in tehsil level here at Shahra-e-Kashmir Kallar Syedan, Kotli Satiyan Main Bazaar, Chowk Sarai Kalan Taxila, Sabzimandi Kahuta, Main GT Road Gujar Khan, and Lower Mall Murree. Punjab government had given the target of local administration to register 150 shopkeepers but the concerned authority has registered 162 shopkeepers for providing vegetables and fruits at cheaper rates on designated points during the holy month of Ramazan. The local administration has also established ‘trucking points’ for taking wheat. The flourmill owners could get wheat from the said designated points.