68% registered farmers sold bajra crop in Gurugram: DC
More than 68 per cent of the farmers, who had registered themselves on the ‘Meri Fasal Mera Byora’ portal, had sold their bajra crop in the grain markets of Gurugram district till Friday evening.
Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said 14,447 farmers had sold 30,299.50 metric tonnes (MT) of the food grains till today.
The bajra crop was sown in 84,000 acres of land by 21,000 farmers in the district. The procurement process is likely to continue for another one week. The markets have been set up at Sohna, Pataudi and Farukhanagar to facilitate the farmers for the sale of grains. The procurement agencies are purchasing this crop at the rate of Rs 2,625 per quintal — the minimum support price (MSP) fixed by the Union Government.
Out of the total of 30,299.50 MT of bajra purchased by the state warehouse corporation, 18,830.50 MT of the food grains have been lifted and sent to the storehouses for storage.
As much as 11,469.50 MT of the food grains were still in the grain markets at Farrukhnagar, Sohna and Pataudi, where the farmers have brought their crop to sell it.
District Mandi Enforcement Officer Vinay Yadav said the food grains lying in the grain markets would be lifted in the next two days. He said it took some time to clean the food grains, fill them in the gunny bags and transport it to the storehouses.
He said the labour and transport contractors had been asked to increase speed up the lifting process and transportation of the grains to the storehouses.
Yadav claimed that no farmer had to wait for more than a few hours to sell their crop.
“Our priority is to facilitate the farmers to sell their crop at the earliest possible time,” he said.
Further, claiming that the procurement process was going on smoothly, the District Mandi Officer said the mandi board had set up help desks for the convenience of farmers in the markets to help the farmers in selling their crop and resolve the complaints, if any.
“We have also made proper arrangements for electricity and water in the markets for the farmers’ convenience”, he said.
