MLA Pinki kick starts wheat procurement in Ferozepur grain markets
Ferozepur, April, 11, 2021: Ferozepur MLA Parminder Singh Pinki kick-started the wheat procurement in mandis of Ferozepur City and Cantt in the presence of Gurpal Singh Chahal, Deputy Commissioner and Amit Gupta, SDM, directing the procurement agencies to purchase, payment and lifting of every single grain brought in the market by the farmers.
The MLA reiterated that the state government is committed to providing smooth and hassle-free procurement in the mandis and highly structured arrangements have been made by the district administration in the grain markets.
He said, this time the official wheat price is Rs.1975 per qtl with 12 percent moisture contents. He said that in order to prevent corona, temporary mandis have been set up in the district along with permanent mandis to avoid the crowd and this year too entry passes were being issued to the farmers so that there would be no congestion in the mandis in view of Covid .
Pinki further said, the Chief Minister Capt. Amarinder Singh had visited all over the state and passed on the instructions for smooth procurement and timely lifting. No farmer will face any sort of problem in the mandi. He, however, appealed to the farmers to bring the dried crop in the grain market to avoid any inconvenience in procurement besides asking all who are connected with wheat procurement operations in the mandis to follow the Covid-19 guidelines to avoid its transmission, by maintaining the physical distance.