Sindh govt supplies 'substandard' wheat to flour mills

KARACHI: Sindh government has allegedly supplied ‘substandard’ wheat to flour mill owners and chakki operators in Karachi, ARY News reported on Friday.

According to the details, more than 200,000 sacks of wheat – which had rotten in the government’s warehouses located in Malir and was declared unfit for human consumption – were forcibly handed over to the mill owners and chakki operators.

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Sources claimed that the mill owners and chakki operators are supplying the flour of rotten wheat provided by the Sindh government to the market. The sources further maintained that the wheat ‘forcibly’ given to mill owners and chakki operators is not even suitable for animal feed.

“Sindh Food Department supplied the expired sacks of wheat in government’s warehouse to hide their corruption and incompetency” Sources claimed.