RAWALPINDI: The Nanbai Association has announced an indefinite closure of tandoors across Rawalpindi from November 5 (Wednesday) .
According to a private TV channel, the association’s representatives said cases were being registered against nanbais, tandoors were being sealed, and their livelihoods were being affected.
They said they would not increase the price of roti if the administration provided quality wheat flour. The association claimed that flour prices had doubled in the past two months, but the government had not given any subsidy to nanbais.
The association’s leaders added that there was no supply of Sui gas, forcing them to use LPG cylinders to run their tandoors.
Earlier, the Punjab government had started releasing wheat to flour mills from its storage facilities at a subsidized rate of Rs3,000 per 40kg to provide relief to consumers.
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The move aims to stabilize flour prices, with a 20kg flour bag priced at Rs1,810 and a 10kg bag at Rs905, while the price of a 100-gram tandoori roti has been fixed at Rs14 across the province.
Under the policy, only operational flour mills will get wheat, with each mill receiving 20 bags per body quota.
However, experts have warned that the large gap between the government’s release price and market rates — Rs3,000 per 40kg compared to Rs3,800 in Punjab’s open market — may lead to wheat pilferage, black marketing, and smuggling to other provinces where prices are higher.
