Officials assigned mandis to ensure smooth paddy procurement: DC
The district administration has deployed 57 officials, including 16 PCS officers, to oversee procurement and lifting of paddy in various mandis.
Stating this, Deputy Commissioner Dr Preeti Yadav said no farmer would face any difficulty in the district mandis. “To ensure this, along with all SDMs of the district, senior officials have been assigned the supervision of each mandi to ensure necessary arrangements are in place,” she said.
ADC (Rural Development) Anupreet Johal is the in charge at the New Grain Market in Patiala while ADC (Urban Development) Navreet Kaur Sekhon is looking after the Devigarh mandi. Similarly, RTO Naman Markan was overseeing arrangements at the Sanaur mandi, PCS officer Vyom Bhardwaj at Nabha mandi, PUDA EO Richa Goel at Samana mandi, MC Joint Commissioner Deepjot Kaur at Patran mandi, PCS officer Charanjit Singh at Ghanaur mandi, PUDA ACA Jashanpreet Kaur at Dudhansadha mandi, PCS officer Navdeep Kumar at Dakala mandi, and MC Joint Commissioner Babandeep Singh at Bhadsora Mandi.
As of the previous day, 257,875 metric tonnes of paddy had arrived in the district mandis, and 2,29,374 MT of the grain was already procured.
Officials deployed in various mandis said the procurement of paddy was progressing without any issues. “Although lifting was slightly delayed, it has now been expedited. In the coming days, as more paddy arrives in the mandis, the lifting process will also be sped up to ensure smooth operations,” the DC added.
Meanwhile, farmers claimed that the lifting was slow in the mandis and there was a glut-like situation. “Many of us have been spending days in the grain market,” they alleged.
