57 officials, including 16 PCS officers, to ensure seamless procurement in Patiala

Deputy Commissioner Preeti Yadav has said the Patiala district administration is committed to ensuring the smooth procurement and lifting of paddy during the ongoing kharif season. A team of 57 officials, including 16 PCS officers, has been deployed in various mandis across the district to oversee these operations.

She said no farmer should face any difficulties in the mandis. Besides SDMs, senior officials had been assigned the supervision of each mandi to ensure that necessary arrangements were in place.

At the New Grain Market in Patiala, ADC (Rural Development) Anupreet Johal is incharge; at Devigarh Mandi, ADC (Urban Development) Navreet Kaur Sekhon; at Sanaur Mandi, RTO Naman Markan; at Nabha Mandi, PCS officer Vyom Bhardwaj; at Samana Mandi, EO (PUDA) Richa Goel; at Patran Mandi, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation Deepjot Kaur; at Ghanaur Mandi, PCS officer Charanjit Singh; at Dudhansadha Mandi, ACA (PUDA) Jashanpreet Kaur; at Dakala Mandi, PCS officer Navdeep Kumar; and at Bhadsora Mandi, Joint Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Babandeep Singh are overseeing the arrangements.

Dr Yadav also informed that duties had been assigned to all tehsildars, BDPOs, CDPOs, and heads of various department in the district to ensure the smooth procurement of paddy. As of the previous day, 2,57,875 metric tons of paddy had arrived in the district mandis, of which 2,29,374 metric tons had already been procured.

Officials deployed in various mandis claimed that the procurement was progressing smoothly. Although lifting was slightly delayed due to jam issues, it had been expedited. In the coming days, as more paddy arrived in the mandis, the lifting would also be speeded up.

They urged farmers to bring dried produce to the mandis, emphasising that proper moisture content was essential for procurement. It would also prevent any unnecessary delays in the mandis.