DC Jalandhar tours grain markets, ensures lifting of paddy within 24 hrs
Goraya/ Phillaur (Jalandhar), October 16 (Amrit Pal Brar)
Deputy Commissioner Jalandhar Mr. Varinder Kumar Sharma today said that zero tolerance policy would be adopted by the district administration if lifting of paddy crop during the ongoing procurement season was not done within 48 hours.
The Deputy Commissioner, who undertook a visit to Goraya and Phillaur grain markets to oversee procurement operations, categorically said that any sort of laxity in performing this duty was totally unwarranted and undesirable.
He said that the produce of farmers’ need to be purchased and lifted at the earliest to facilitate them. Mr. Sharma said that every effort must be made to ensure that paddy procurement must be smooth and in hassle free manner.
The Deputy Commissioner said that he has already asked the Sub Divisional Magistrates and Heads of the procurement agencies to maximize the field visits to take stock of the entire operations at ground level. He said that the officers have been directed to undertake regular visits in the grain markets under their jurisdiction and submit the daily report to him for regular monitoring.
Mr. Sharma said that the entire the procurement operations was being minutely observed so as to ensure that the stocks of grains do not pile up in the market and its prompt lifting was ensured at the earliest.
The Deputy Commissioner said that he was being updated regarding the procurement operations by officers by submitting the daily report of arrival, purchase, payment and others of crop to him personally.
Mr. Sharma reiterated the firm commitment of the state government to lift every single grain of Paddy in a smooth and hassle free manner, during the ongoing marketing season. He said that elaborate arrangements has been made to ensure that the harvest of farmers was lifted from the grain markets in a smooth, timely and hassle free manner adding that farmer would not be allowed to face any sort of problem while selling their produce.