JALANDHAR
Deputy Commissioner Vishesh Sarangal on Tuesday directed the chiefs of the procurement agencies to speed up lifting of the paddy from the mandis in the district.
Presiding over a meeting to review the lifting and procurement of grains here, the Deputy Commissioner categorically said that in some grain markets, lifting was not satisfactory which needed to be improved at the earliest. He said that any sort of laxity in performing this duty was totally unwarranted and undesirable. He revealed that the district had witnessed thr arrival of 159880 MT paddy of which 156750 MT procured in the grain markets. He said that payments worth Rs 342 crore had also been made to the farmers.
Sarangal said that state government was firmly committed for the smooth and hassle free procurement of paddy and officers were duty-bound to make every effort to ensure that the government’s decision was implemented.
The Deputy Commissioner also asked the heads of the procurement agencies to visit mandis daily for taking stock of the entire operations at ground level. He also asked them to minutely observe the procurement operations so as to ensure that the stocks of grains do not pile up in the market and its prompt lifting was ensured at the earliest.
The Deputy Commissioner also asked the officers/ officials to keep him updated regarding the procurement operations by submitting the daily report of arrival, purchase and payment of paddy crop to him personally. He said that the district administration had made elaborate arrangements to ensure that the harvest of farmers was lifted from the grain markets in a smooth, timely and hassle-free manner.