Hoshiarpur - The work of purchasing wheat in the district is going on simultaneously and all the 293929 metric tons of wheat (100 percent) reached in the markets have been purchased till last evening. Giving this information, Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal said that direct payment of Rs 641.64 crore has been made in the farmers' accounts of the purchased crop.
The Deputy Commissioner said that the officials have been instructed to speed up the lifting work and so far 186319 metric tons of wheat have been lifted in the mandis, which is 69 percent in terms of 72 hours. He said that currently Pangrain is the leader in terms of procurement and 80575 metric tons of wheat has been procured so far. Similarly, 67252 tonnes of wheat has been purchased by Markfed, 71301 tonnes by Pansap, 41635 tonnes by Punjab State Warehouse Corporation, 24366 tonnes by FCI and 8800 metric tonnes by traders. 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 grain.