LAHORE, Oct 24: District Coordination Officer Sajjad Ahmed Bhutta has said that ‘tandoor’ owners selling roti for Rs2 will be allowed to purchase flour for three or six days.

Inaugurating the first of 2,995 ‘tandoors’ registered for selling cheap roti here on Friday, the DCO said these ‘tandoors’ would be supplied flour either by flourmills or their owners would be allowed to purchase it from nearby fair price shops at the rate of Rs250 per 20kg bag by showing passbooks issued to them by the government.

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