Punjab CM Channi orders early resumption of normal paddy procurement
Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday directed procurement agencies to immediately take all necessary steps to put the paddy procurement process back on track after heavy rain lashed parts of the state over the past two days.
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Acting on the directions of Chief Minister Channi, a meeting of the heads of all paddy procurement agencies, FCI and Mandi Board was on Monday convened by the Secretary, Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Gurkirat Kirpal Singh.
The officials took stock of the situation arising out of the heavy downpour and its effect on the paddy crop lying in mandis.
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Secretary, Mandi Board, Ravi Bhagat said necessary arrangements had been made in all mandis and the paddy stock had been covered with tarpaulins. Water logging was reported in a few low-lying mandis in Sangrur and Patiala where motors had been pressed into action to drain out water
He said the Mandi Board would engage special labour to extensively undertake the task of mopping and drying mandis across the state.
-PTC News
