Hoshiarpur - All the 278213 metric tons of wheat (100 percent) reached in the markets till last evening have been purchased in the markets of the district. Giving this information, Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal said that direct payment of Rs 598.43 crore has been made in the farmers' accounts of the purchased crops.
The Deputy Commissioner said that till now 154821 metric tons of wheat has been lifted in the markets, which is 65 percent in terms of 72 hours. He said that wheat is being purchased smoothly and uninterruptedly in all the 74 mandis of the district. He said that currently Pangrain is the leader in terms of procurement and 77128 metric tons of wheat has been procured so far. Similarly, 62974 metric tons of wheat has been purchased by Markfed, 67545 by Pansap, 39235 by Punjab State Warehouse Corporation, 23190 by FCI and 8141 metric tons by traders. He said that keeping in mind the weather conditions, guidelines have been issued to the authorities regarding necessary arrangements.
The Deputy Commissioner said that one grain of wheat will be bought in the markets. He said that keeping in mind the convenience of the farmers, all the arrangements have been made in the mandis. He appealed to the farmers and said that the crops should not be brought to the market after being completely dried and harvesting should not be done with combines at night. He appealed to the farmers to save the environment from pollution by not burning wheat waste and straw.