Chishtian: AC seizes 10,000 hoarded sacks of fertilizer

CHISHTIAN: The assistant commissioner on Sunday raided a fertilizer godown in Chishtian, a city in Bahawalnagar, Punjab, and recovered hoarded 10,000 sacks, ARY News reported.

As per details, Assistant Commissioner Rana Ghulam Murtaza raided a fertilizer godown located at Sugar Mill Road in Punjab’s Chishtian. During the action as many as 10,000 hoarded fertilizer sacks were recovered from the godown.

The recovered fertilizer sacks are worth Rs50 million in the open market. The Ac said that the recovered fertilizer will be sold to the farmers at the government’s fixed rate.

The godown has been sealed after the action.

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In a separate action carried out by AC Phalia, 8,000 wheat bags were recovered last year.

The recovered wheat sacks were handed over to the provincial food department.

Meanwhile, Punjab has attained 85 percent of its wheat procurement target and distributed 100 percent bags among the farmers, said senior provincial minister.

Punjab’s senior minister for food Abdul Aleem Khan stated that the wheat procurement centres will remain open during the lockdown. “Wheat procurement centres would remain closed only on the first and second day of Eid ul Fitr,” the minister said.