Upper Areas Of GB Face No Wheat Shortage: Official

Deputy Director Civil Supply Gilgit Baltistan Ikramullah Baig said Friday the department had supplied enough wheat to the upper areas of different districts of Gilgit Baltistan, thus there was wheat shortage in the area

ASTORE (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 24th May, 2019 ) :Deputy Director Civil Supply Gilgit Baltistan Ikramullah Baig said Friday the department had supplied enough wheat to the upper areas of different districts of Gilgit Baltistan, thus there was wheat shortage in the area.

Talking to media-persons, He said the department had always taken pain to facilitate the people especially those residing in far flung areas of Gilgit Baltistan and for this purpose, "we have strictly instructed district officers to do their duties properly and ensure provision of wheat to those area," he added.

He said wheat depots had been established at various main points of all the districts and supply was in progress to those points for onward distribution and people were being facilitated.