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Sugar to be available at Rs 40/kg at Bachat Bazaars soon

By Tanveer Sher

KARACHI: Sugar, the most demanding commodity, which had almost vanished from the retail and wholesale markets of the city during the last couple of weeks, would be available to the general consumers in different areas of the city as the City District Government Karachi has decided to facilitate buyers.

Karachi Wholesalers and Grocer Group (KWGG) Chairman Anees Majeed while talking to the scribe informed that wholesalers of the Jodia Bazaar have placed orders for 1,170 tonnes of sugar out of total 2,200 tonnes available at Najma Sugar Mills, Mirpurkhas.

The sugar is likely to be transported to Karachi within the next two to three days after which it would be available for sale at selective city Bachat Bazaars. Deputy District Officers (DDOs) of the CDGK have undertaken the responsibility of selection of outlets at Bachat Bazaars where the commodity would be available to the consumers at Rs 40 per kg.

However, one buyer would not be allowed to make purchases of more than 2 kgs aimed at provision of the facility to maximum number of needy consumers.

Previously, wholesalers of Jodia Bazaar were supplying sugar procured from Shah Murad Sugar Mills, Thatta to selective city retailers, which had created malice among deprived ones.

In view of the widespread complaints of charging exorbitant rates by the retailers who procured the commodity at Rs 36 per kilogramme from the wholesalers, their sugar supply was discontinued compelling them to take out a protest rally blocking the busy M A Jinnah Road in the process few days ago.

In response to a question relating to shortage of sugar despite start of the sugarcane crushing season in most of the sugar mills of Sindh, Majeed claimed that the real issue, which is hindering smooth available of sugar to general consumers in the city like elsewhere across the province, is the price of Rs 40 per kg fixed by the Supreme Court of Pakistan.

Majority of millers are unprepared to take out their stock and sell it in the market at controlled rates, as they believe that the current price is causing financial loss to them in view of overhead expenditures involved in preparation of sugar. Elsewhere, the sugar continued to sold at Rs 60 to Rs 70 per kg from all the city’s retail outlets spelling financial miseries for a large segment of underprivileged population, which can hardly afford such high prices.

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