GUJRAT: The data of families registered with the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) is being verified by the land revenue field staff as well as the local bodies employees for the distribution of bags carrying dry food items under the Nigehban Ramzan programme of the Punjab government.

Official sources said that the Punjab government had provided the data of at least 97,021 families who would get food bags at their doorstep after the verification process.

They said the verification of 54,946 families of Gujrat tehsil, 30,995 families of Kharian and 11,050 families of Sara-i- Alamgir tehsils was in process through patwaris, secretaries of union councils and other government officials.

Gujrat Deputy Commissioner Safdar Virk chaired a meeting of departmental heads here on Thursday and directed the assistant commissioners of all three tehsils to monitor the processes of verification as well as the distribution of food bags. The bags will carry at least 10 kg flour and 2kg each of sugar, rice, ghee and baisin.

The distribution of food bags will be made between March 5 and 15.

Meanwhile, the DC said the report of daily distribution of food bags would be updated on the app prepared by the Punjab Information Technology Board PITB and a third-party audit of the distribution would also be conducted.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2024