Unregistered traders have been blamed for hiking up prices of tents for quake survivors.Muhammad Yousaf Abid, chief executive of Fametex Industries (PVT) Ltd, a large tent manufacturer, said the government had fixed the prices of tents and made mandatory for factories to supply 35 tents free of charge on every order of 1000 tents they delivered. "The charges that Pakistan's tent manufacturers increased their prices and exploited the situation are ridiculous and absolutely baseless. This, in fact, was done by few unscrupulous traders who wanted to make quick bucks due to massive spike in demand of tents."
Back in Novemember, I posted an article describing how local tent makers in Pakistan are failing to meet agreed targets, providing the Sindh government with only 4,810 tents as against the target of 6,175.
Only three manufacturers demonstrated satisfactory performances while five appear to have a rather lethargic approach to meeting goals. In addition tent makers were also failing to meet quality standards.
