The chief minister has also doubled the number of official flour sale points across Punjab. The mills in Punjab would be provided with more than their demand for 26,000 tonnes of government wheat from Monday (today), significantly reducing the prices of private grains and flour. Sources said the tussle between the federal and Punjab governments was responsible for the wheat crisis in the country. The sources said Punjab had first demanded the supply of 500,000 tonnes of wheat and then increased it to one million tonnes. The decision to supply 500,000 tonnes of wheat to Punjab was also delayed.
