Deputy Commissioner of Hyderabad Agha Shahnawaz Babur on Sunday strictly directed the traders to sell edible commodities at the government fixed rates so as to avoid the official action.
The DC visited different market places in the city, Qasimabad and Latifabad talukas of the district to monitor the sale of goods at the government rates.
He said that the government wanted to ensure that the traders did not charge excessive price from the consumers as was complained during Ramazan every year. “The government is providing subsidized flour at the price of Rs 230 per 10 kg and we also want to ensure that all the other edible items are sold on the approved rates,” he added. He directed the officials of the Food and Revenue Departments to ensure that the shopkeepers and vendors displayed the price list of the goods. He said that trucks carrying the subsidized flour were setting up stalls in different areas of the city and as many as 25 different locations had been selected for the purpose.
“Each stall will sale between 800 to 900 bags of 10 kg per day,” he informed. Assistant Deputy Commissioner I Aijazul Hassan, Assistant Deputy Commissioner II Abid Saleem Qureshi, District Food Controller Masroor Siddiqui and other officials accompanied him.
Chhipa Ramadan Dining Centres for the needy: Eminent human rights activist and patron-in-chief of the Chhipa Welfare Association (CWA) Ramzan Chhipa on Sunday set up free of cost Ramazan dining centres for the needy during Sehri and Iftar.
The ‘Chhipa dastarkhawans’ that provided food to the needy and the poor in the past had now been converted into Ramazan dining centres. Ramzan Chhipa paid a special visit to Chhipa kitchens and expressed his satisfaction with their ultra hygienic condition and quality of food.
He also talked to several diners present at Chhipa Ramazan dining centres and listened to the problems of the poor and assured them of financial support.
He appreciated the Chhipa volunteers for their services to the deserving people from the CWA platform.
It is pertinent to mention here that the CWA is city’s leading non-governmental organization that provides free ambulance services to the people of the city in addition to offering financial support to the people on religious events.
