Hoshiarpur - The work of purchasing wheat in the district is going on simultaneously and all the 297528 metric tons of wheat reached in the markets (100 percent) has been purchased till last evening. Giving this information, Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal said that direct payment of Rs 649.17 crore has been made in the farmers' accounts of the purchased crops.
  The Deputy Commissioner said that the officials have been instructed to speed up the lifting work and so far 195963 metric tons of wheat have been lifted in the markets, which is 71 percent as per 72 hours. He said that currently Pangrain is the leader in terms of procurement and 81477 metric tons of wheat has been procured by him so far. Similarly, 68107 metric tons of wheat has been purchased by Markfed, 72196 by Pansap, 42053 by Punjab State Warehouse Corporation, 24798 by FCI and 8897 metric tons 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.