ISLAMABAD: South Punjab farmers set a new record as Bahawalpur Division stood atop in wheat production and procurement in Punjab province.
While Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan Division of South Punjab grabbed second and third position respectively in the race of producing and procuring wheat, revealed a document of Food Department Punjab.
Bahawalpur Division which consists of three districts Bahawalnagar, Bahawalpur and Rahim Yar Khan districts has surpassed the Multan and Dera Ghazi Khan Division comprised four districts including Vehari, Layyah, Khanewal, Lodharn, Multan, Muzaffargrah, Rajanpur and Dera Ghazi.
As per details of procurement, the Punjab Food Department bought 630,576 tonnes of the grain from Bahawalpur, 541,941 tonnes from Multan and 506,270 tonnes from Dera Ghazi Khan divisions. Whereas 469,626 tonnes of wheat was procured from Faisalabad, 419,198 tonnes from Gujranwala, 332,954 tonnes from Sahiwal, 316,415 tonnes from Lahore and 277,793 tonnes from Sargodha division.
The Rawalpindi Division contributed as many as 5,090 tonnes to the food department, the document said.
It is pertinent to mention here that the Punjab government has achieved 100 percent wheat procurement target of 3.5 million tonnes fixed for the province this season.
It is also important to mention here that the Punjab government has increased the support price of wheat from Rs1,400 to Rs1,800. For the first time in history of Pakistan, the price of wheat was increased by Rs400 per 40kg in a year. Earlier, Field Wing of Agriculture Department had claimed that it had rehabilitated 1.3 million acres of eroded land by executing different soil conservation practices in “*Barani” areas of Punjab.
While talking to the Media, Director General Field (Agriculture Department) informed that Punjab’s Barani tract consists of 13 districts, with estimated population of 29.537 million adding that districts falling under Barani tract are Rajanpur, D.G Khan, Layyah, Bhakkar, Khushab, Mianwali, Chakwal, Attock, Rawalpindi, Jhelum, Gujrat, Sialkot and Narowal.
PS: Barani land solely depends on rainwater and in not irrigated via canals.
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