Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR ( AJK): March 2: Under the spirit to ensure availability of edibles at inexpensive prices to the common consumer during Holy month of Ramadan, in AJK ‘s Mirpur district, Deputy Commissioner Yasir Riaz Chaudhry Sunday formally inaugurated the 1st inexpensive Ramadan bazaar outside the Mirpur cricket stadium.
He was flanked by SSP Khawer Ali Shaukat, Jammu Kashmir United Movement Chief Sardar Rizwan Hanif, officials of the Jammu and Kashmir United Movement, ex Kashmir Press Club Mirpur-AJK President Altaf Hamid Rao, Tehsildar Imran Yousuf, Information Officer Muhammad Javed Malik and other concerned officials of the district administration.
Edibles including vegetables and fruits, sift drinks items, pakoras, samosas, crockery, kitchen clothes, spices and other items will be available at a lower price fixed by the administration in the Ramadan bazar as compared to the general open market.
Similarly chicken meat will be available at 30 rupees less per kg according to the rate set by the administration. The inexpensive Ramadan bazaars under traders and wholesalers have been established. like last year in variousother parts of this city and the district, Deputy Commissioner Yasir Riaz Chaudhry and SSP Khawar Ali Shaukat told this Correspondent on this occasion while eleborating the State government’s priorities to ensure the supply of necessities of daily use especially edibles during Ramzan ul Mubarak.
They further told that district administration will also set up a complaints cell for monitoring the business activities at Ramadan bazaars besides for redressal of publicgrievances, where people’s complaints will be processed immediately.
Meanwhile over 5,000 deserving including poor, down trodden people have been provided with free food facilities by the charity NGO Jammu Kashmir United Movement under Ramadan Food Package drive.
Free seher and iftar party’s have been organised by the forum on Sunday at more than 22 places in Mirpur city.
On this occasion, Sardar Rizwan Hanif, Ameer of Jammu and Kashmir United Movement Azad Jammu Kashmir, said since Ramadan is the holy month of blessings and mercy in which traders have decided to sell items at cheap rates for the Muslim brothers in Ramadan without their due profits.
Deputy Commissioner Yasir Riaz, SSP Khawar Ali Shaukat and others on this occasion visited various stalls ot the Ramadan Bazaar and reviewed the quality and prices of the food items expressing satisfaction over the supply of the food and other related items at the Ramadan convenience bazaar.
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