By Syed Shahzad Bukhari
TANDO ALLAHYAR: Residents of Tando Allahyar district in Sindh are growing increasingly anxious as a sharp rise in inflation squeezes household budgets, with poor families and daily wage labourers finding it difficult to afford even two meals a day.
According to local residents, flour is selling at around Rs130 per kilogram, while chicken meat has climbed to about Rs700 per kilogram. Prices of other essentials, including sugar, lentils, rice, ghee, cooking oil and vegetables, have also surged, placing basic food items beyond the reach of many low-income households.
Community members say the impact of inflation has been compounded by alleged hoarding and profiteering, which they claim is worsening shortages and driving prices even higher. “On one side there is inflation, and on the other, hoarders and profiteers are sucking the blood of the people,” a resident said.
The situation has sparked calls for urgent intervention. People in the district have appealed to the provincial and federal governments, as well as the deputy commissioner of Tando Allahyar, to take immediate steps to control prices and launch strict action against those accused of hoarding and profiteering, in the hope of providing relief to the poorest residents.
