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Wheat marketing policy not investment friendly
- Study
FAISALABAD, April 8: The wheat marketing policy of
the government is not investment-friendly, says a
study conducted by the experts of the University
of Agriculture.
The study on the wheat market activity in the
Punjab, made available to Dawn on Wednesday, said
the government policy 'discourages investment by
private sector.' It urged the government to permit
inter-provincial and inter-district movement of
wheat.
It said the wheat distribution system lacked
efficient and high quality storage facilities.
Losses because of poor storage alone had been
about one-third of the total loss of wheat. It
suggested that the storage capacity in the public
sector should be increased on an emergency basis.
The storage base should be spread to farmers,
traders and flour millers' level also. The study
recommended that the government should provide
facilities to farmers so that they could directly
bring their produce to procurement centres. This
would eliminate the role of commission agents who
exploit farmers.
It asked the government to procure superior
quality wheat for export. Priority should be given
to the southern region of the Punjab where high
quality wheat is produced.
The experts emphasized that the government should
establish three laboratories for testing the
quality of wheat and flour at Faisalabad,
Bahawalpur and Karachi under the supervision of
the Department of Food Technology of the
University of Agriculture.
11 DRIVERS HELD:
The traffic police arrested 11 drivers and seized
their vehicles on the charge of over speeding
during a campaign launched in the city. Special
police teams arrested drivers of passenger
vehicles in different areas and sent them to jail
after the registration of cases against them.
Those arrested were: Shahbaz and Sabir from
Khurrianwala, Aslam from Jaranwala Road, Mushtaq
Ahmed from Samundri Road, Khursheed Ahmed from
Bahlak, Muneer from Saddar area, Irshad Ali,
Atique and Boota Masih from Jhang Road, Mehmood
Ahmed from Aminpur Road and Maqsood Ahmed from
Sargodha Road.
Traffic SP Malik Abdul Aziz told newsmen that the
campaign against over speeding and overcharging
would continue throughout the week. He said the
stern actions against the violators had been
adopted for the smooth flow of traffic on all city
roads as well as main highways in the district.
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