KP increases wheat allocation after Peshawar High Court decision

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Department has increased the province’s daily wheat supply quota from 3,000 to 4,000 metric tonnes following a Peshawar High Court decision and directions from the Cabinet Oversight Committee.

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Food Department has increased the province’s daily wheat supply quota from 3,000 to 4,000 metric tonnes following a Peshawar High Court decision and directions from the Cabinet Oversight Committee.

Under the revised arrangement, an additional 1,000 metric tonnes of wheat will be released daily from the National Reserve Centre (NRC) warehouses in Azakhel to operational flour mills across the province. The move aims to ensure the timely use of stored wheat and prevent further losses to existing stocks.

According to a notification issued by the Food Department the additional wheat allocation will be distributed among districts based on their share of the province’s population reported at 43.84 million.

The Director of Food has instructed all district food controllers and rationing controllers to implement the revised quota and ensure that the additional supplies reach the designated flour mills.

Peshawar will receive the largest additional allocation at 116 metric tonnes per day. Mardan will receive 67 tonnes, followed by Swabi with 46 tonnes Charsadda with 45 tonnes Nowshera with 43 tonnes and Lower Dir with 40 tonnes.

Other allocations include 39 tonnes for Lower Swat, 35 tonnes for Abbottabad, 44 tonnes for Mansehra, 45 tonnes for Dera Ismail Khan, 33 tonnes for Bannu, 32 tonnes for Bajaur and 30 tonnes for Kohat. The remaining quantity will be distributed among other districts according to their respective shares.

The decision followed a report from the Storage and Enforcement Officer at the NRC in Azakhel which highlighted damage to stored wheat caused by recent floodwaters.

According to the report floodwater entered the warehouses and affected the lower layers of wheat sacks. Six of the centre’s 11 warehouses sustained damage while the remaining five were reported to be safe.

The revised supply plan is intended to facilitate the distribution of wheat from the reserve centre to active flour mills while reducing the risk of further losses from damaged storage conditions.