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ON DEPUTY COMMISSIONER’s DIRECTIONS SDMs/TEHSILDARS VISIT MANDIS TO TAKE STOCK OF PROCUREMENT
SRI CHAMKAUR SAHIB MANDI REGISTERED MAXIMUM ARRIVAL ON FRIDAY
DEPTUY COMMISSIONER ASKS OFFICERS/AGENCIES & OTHER AUTHORITIES TO ENSURE SEAMLESS PROCURMENT
RUPNAGAR, OCTOBER 29 2021
With commencement of paddy procurement yesterday, 36 mandis setup in the district have registered a total 146853 MT paddy till Friday evening, of which all 146853 MT was procured with 264.48 crore payment advice generation. Sri Chamkaur Sahib mandi has recorded the maximum arrival of 30016 metric tonne.
In order to ensure seamless procurement, Deputy Commissioner Sonali Giri has also directed all the SDMs to visit mandis in their respective jurisdictions to take stock of ongoing purchase. The SDMs and Tehsildars also took a round of mandis falling in Ropar, Sri Chamkaur Sahib, Morinda, Nurpurbedi, Sri Anandpur Sahib and Nangal areas where they also interacted with the farmers to know problems, if any, being faced by them for getting their crop procured.
Earlier, Deputy Commissioner held a meeting with all SDMs, police officers and officers of procurement agencies and directed that there should be no glitch in procurement in any mandi. Farmers should not face any inconvenience with ensuring hassle-free, smooth and seamless procurement vis-à-vis timely payment, lifting as per the instructions of State Government. As 2.32 LMT paddy is expected in the district, Sonali Giri asked the SDMs to make regular visits to mandis for taking stock of ongoing procurement operations. All the requisite arrangements and preparedness should be well in place to tackle any sort of exigency especially the unfair weather, said Giri adding that the Rupnagar police had laid 9 interstate nakas where police personnel were deployed 24X7 in shifts to check inflow of unauthorised paddy/rice from other states.
