Shortage of "roti, bijli and pani" could be our undoing. Uninterrupted provision of "atta" to the masses is a must, as the temporary shortage in Islamabad graphically illustrated. The government has moved to curb or eliminate smuggling to Afghanistan by empowering the Frontier Corps in Balochistan and the NWFP. Implement this fully by enacting a law enhancing considerably the punishment to food smugglers, making public examples of the fat-cats indulging in hoarding and/or smuggling. The Philippines has recently promulgated a law declaring hoarding of rice "economic sabotage".
Friday, April 25, 2008
Impending Roti, Bijli, and Pani Shortage!
Containing the impending crisis By Ikram Sehgal 4/25/2008
