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RAHIM YAR KHAN, April 27: More than 60,000 wheat bags were confiscated on Tuesday by the food department officials from a local ginning factory. District food controller Malik Khuda Bakhsh conducted a raid at the Reliance ginning factory and recovered more than 60,000 illegally stored bags. A case against the owner of factory has been registered and bags shifted to the government's godown.
GRAIN MARKET: District Nazim Makhdoom Ahmad Mahmood here on Tuesday laid the foundation stone of a new grain market. Stretching over 24 acres, the market will be constructed on the by-pass. For the last two decades, farmers and traders have been demanding the construction of a new grain market because the old one is located in the heart of the city, hampering smooth flow of traffic.
The old market had been extended in 1965 and 1975 but was insufficient for the requirement of farmers and traders. It has been decided by the authorities that 70 per cent shops in the new market will be allotted to the existing traders of old market and the remaining 30 per cent will be sold through open auction.
The district Nazim, on this occasion, said the by-pass would be dualized from Chowk Bahadarpur to Adda Khanpur during the next six months. He also announced an ambulance for the new market.
FOUR BOOKED: Cholistan wildlife project director Abdul Shakoor Manj has arrested four men allegedly for illegal hunting.
