Making Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif feel his vibrant presence, Lahore District Coordination Officer Noor Ul Amin seems electrified in all fronts since his posting in the provincial metropolis and maintaining a gusty momentum, he made three drastic steps on Saturday to provide relief to the people.
The steps entailed ban on new excavation, entry of fodder for cattle and the designing of a monthly mechanism to fix prices for daily commodities.
Mengal has imposed a ban on excavation/ digging of land within the territorial limits of Lahore under section 144. According to his orders, ban has been imposed on digging of soil within the territorial limits of Lahore except the areas specified for the purpose and under a valid license, duly granted by Mines and Minerals Department. DCO has directed to all TMOs to ensure implementation on this order in letter and spirit and to submit daily report to DCO office.
Secondly, he has also imposed ban on the entry of fodder for cattle within the areas of 121 union councils in the city under section 144. Gawala Colonies Harbanspura and Rakhchandrai have been declared exempted from this ban. Entry of fodder for cattle have been banned at 19 union councils of Ravi town, 17 union councils of Shalimar town, 5 of Wagha town, 12 of Aziz Bhatti Town, 18 of Samanabad Town, 15 of Gulberg Town, 18 of Data Gunj Bakhsh Town, 10 of Allama Iqbal Town and 7 of Nishtar Town.
Thirdly, DCO set new retail and wholesale prices of daily commodities He devised a formula to review them after a month and took all stakeholders on board. He said customers’ rights would be protected and nobody would be allowed to fleece them at any cost. According to notification, 20 kg flour (wholesale) price stands at Rs 570 and retail is Rs 580. One kg Super Rice (wholesale) price is Rs 74 and retail in Rs. 79, one kg sugar (wholesale) price is Rs. 52 and retail is Rs 55 and so on.
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