DeputyCommissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma on Monday directed Sub DivisionalMagistrates (SDMs) to ensure timely payment to the farmers along with smoothand hassle-free, procurement and lifting of their golden grains across thedistrict during the ongoing procurement season.
Whilereviewing the procurement operations this morning, Deputy Commissioner saidthat payment worth more than Rs 53.51 crore has been made to the farmers tillyet.
Hesaid that a total of 361168 MT of wheat has been arrived in the grain marketsacross the district till Sunday out of which 334646 MT of wheat has beenprocured by various agencies.
Sharmasaid that the SDMs must-visit grain markets along with officials from FoodSupply and Mandi Board daily in their respective jurisdiction to oversee theoperations of procurement and lifting of grains besides ensuring promptlypayments to the farmers.
TheDeputy Commissioner categorically said that any sort of inordinate delay in theprocurement of grains is unwarranted, undesirable, and intolerable.
Hesaid that the Sub Divisional Magistrates must ensure elaborate arrangements byinvolving the entire government machinery so that the golden harvest of thefarmers is procured and lifted as soon as it arrives in the markets.
Sharmasaid that the fool-proof mechanism needs to be implemented for this procurementso that farmers do not face any sort of inconvenience in the grain markets.
TheDeputy Commissioner further said that in the current season 9 lakh MT isexpected to arrive in the grain markets.
Sharmasaid that around 108 permanent grain markets and 124 additional temporarypurchase centers have been notified for the wheat procurement in the district.