Patiala : Officers of District Mandi Board Patiala Due to the excess moisture in the grain, the farmers are removing the paddy-laden trolleys.
Farmers who brought their produce in more than 150 trolleys in three days were not allowed to unload their grains. In Nabha division alone, 40 trolleys were returned on Wednesday and 20 trolleys on Thursday. Seven trolleys laden with paddy produce were not allowed to unload grains on Friday as the moisture content was more than 17%.
On the other hand, after the spurt in the arrivals of the produce, farmers are facing shortage of space to unload the paddy produce for purchase. About 60 thousand metric tonnes of paddy arrived in the grain markets of Patiala district on Friday. So far, about 4.5 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has arrived in the grain markets. Out of 4.4 LMT bought, 1.7 LMT was bought by Pungren, 1.13 LMT by Markfed, 1.02 LMT by PUNSP, 56,000 MT. Punjab 800 MT by State Warehousing Corporation, and FCI.
There are about 103 regular grain markets, while the administration has increased the number of temporary grain markets to 105. On Friday, farmers either had to wait a long time or had to unload their paddy on the road in the grain markets of Samana, Patan and Patiala regions. After the lack of space. “Unfortunately we had to discontinue some paddy-laden trolleys as the moisture content in them was more than the permissible limit. Patiala Mandi Board official Ajaypal said, we are appealing to the farmers to bring dry produce, as their time will not be wasted.
BKU (Revolutionary) President Ranjit Singh said that farmers are being harassed over the moisture content and officials have failed to arrange space for their produce.
CM from Chandumajra: Visit the mandis
Sanour MLA Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra visited the grain market in Masingan village and alleged that the procurement had stopped due to crossing the inward limit of the grain market.
He said that earlier some farmers used to sell their paddy in Cheeka and other grain markets of Haryana near the Punjab and Haryana border as these grain markets were with them, but this year after the central government’s rule, the approximate limit of each grain market has been fixed. Went. For three years, farmers were selling in grain markets in Punjab, after which the grain market limit was crossed.
“Farmers are being harassed under the new rules, while the state government has proved to be a weak government which cannot take care of its farmers. The CM should visit grain markets and solve the problems of farmers instead of climbing on electric poles and doing the work of lineman,” he said.
Farmers who brought their produce in more than 150 trolleys in three days were not allowed to unload their grains. In Nabha division alone, 40 trolleys were returned on Wednesday and 20 trolleys on Thursday. Seven trolleys laden with paddy produce were not allowed to unload grains on Friday as the moisture content was more than 17%.
On the other hand, after the spurt in the arrivals of the produce, farmers are facing shortage of space to unload the paddy produce for purchase. About 60 thousand metric tonnes of paddy arrived in the grain markets of Patiala district on Friday. So far, about 4.5 lakh metric tonnes of paddy has arrived in the grain markets. Out of 4.4 LMT bought, 1.7 LMT was bought by Pungren, 1.13 LMT by Markfed, 1.02 LMT by PUNSP, 56,000 MT. Punjab 800 MT by State Warehousing Corporation, and FCI.
There are about 103 regular grain markets, while the administration has increased the number of temporary grain markets to 105. On Friday, farmers either had to wait a long time or had to unload their paddy on the road in the grain markets of Samana, Patan and Patiala regions. After the lack of space. “Unfortunately we had to discontinue some paddy-laden trolleys as the moisture content in them was more than the permissible limit. Patiala Mandi Board official Ajaypal said, we are appealing to the farmers to bring dry produce, as their time will not be wasted.
BKU (Revolutionary) President Ranjit Singh said that farmers are being harassed over the moisture content and officials have failed to arrange space for their produce.
CM from Chandumajra: Visit the mandis
Sanour MLA Harinderpal Singh Chandumajra visited the grain market in Masingan village and alleged that the procurement had stopped due to crossing the inward limit of the grain market.
He said that earlier some farmers used to sell their paddy in Cheeka and other grain markets of Haryana near the Punjab and Haryana border as these grain markets were with them, but this year after the central government’s rule, the approximate limit of each grain market has been fixed. Went. For three years, farmers were selling in grain markets in Punjab, after which the grain market limit was crossed.
“Farmers are being harassed under the new rules, while the state government has proved to be a weak government which cannot take care of its farmers. The CM should visit grain markets and solve the problems of farmers instead of climbing on electric poles and doing the work of lineman,” he said.
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