All the 246189 metric tons of wheat reached in the markets of the district have been purchased

 All the 246189 metric tons of wheat reached in the markets of the district have been purchased

  - Direct payment of 522.76 crore rupees made in Kisana accounts

Hoshiarpur= May 4=Daljeet Ajnoha 

All the 246189 metric tons of wheat (100 percent) reached in the markets of the district till last evening have been purchased. Giving this information, Deputy Commissioner Komal Mittal said that direct payment of Rs 522.76 crore has been made in the farmers' accounts of the purchased crop. The Deputy Commissioner said that till now 119304 metric tons of wheat has been lifted in the markets, which is 64 percent as per 72 hours. She said that wheat is being purchased smoothly and uninterruptedly in all the 74 mandis of the district. She said that currently Pangrain is the leader in terms of procurement and 68056 metric tons of wheat has been procured by him so far. Similarly, 55750 metric tons of wheat has been purchased by Markfed, 60327 by Pansap, 35056 by Punjab State Warehouse Corporation, 20411 by FCI and 6589 metric tons by traders. She said that keeping in mind the weather conditions, guidelines have been issued to the authorities regarding necessary arrangements.

The Deputy Commissioner said that one grain of wheat will be bought in the markets. She said that keeping in mind the convenience of the farmers, all the arrangements have been made in the mandis. She appealed to the farmers and said that the crops should not be brought to the market after being completely dried and harvesting should not be done with combines at night. He appealed to the farmers to save the environment from pollution by not burning wheat waste and grain.