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Mohali: SDMs and District Heads of procurement agencies asked to be present in Mandis
DC Takes Stock of the ongoing procurement of Paddy
Babushahi Bureau
SAS Nagar (Punjab), October 13, 2024:Deputy Commissioner Aashika Jain asked the SDMs and District Heads of Procurement Agencies to be present in Mandis to expedite the ongoing procurement operations of Paddy to thwart any halt to purchase and lifting.
Taking stock of procurement operations on Sunday at the District Administrative Complex, SAS Nagar Mohali, she made it clear to all the officers involved in procurement operations that there would be no break in procurement operations, even on holiday.
She said that the arrival had touched 37000 MT, yesterday with a daily average of 6000 to 7000 MT, so the agencies should not use any laxity in purchase.
The Deputy Commissioner further said that the Food Corporation of India has also been entrusted with the procurement task of Derabassi’s Nagla and Lalru’s Ashok Batra yard (a temporary Mandi) in addition to Saneta and Bhagimajra mandis.The District has a total of 18 purchase centres that all are witnessing the arrival of paddy, added Mrs Jain.
Reviewing the lifting of the purchased paddy produce, the Deputy Commissioner asked all the Sub Divisional Magistrates to be in touch with procurement agencies and spruce up the lifting.
The District Food and Supplies Controller, Vijay Kumar Singla apprised the Deputy Commissioner that today lifting operations have been started at Kurali, Khizrabad and Banur in addition to already going on at Kharar, Lalru, Jarout and Derbassi.
DC Jain asked the DFSC and all District heads of procurement agencies to ensure lifting from tomorrow in the rest of the Mandis too.She said that in the wake of pacing up of purchases day by day, we should take care of lifting too to avoid any space crunch in the Mandis.
The officers who attended the meeting included ADC (General) Viraj S Tidke, ADC (Development) Sonam Chaudhary, SDM Mohali Damandeep Kaur, SDM Derabassi Amit Gupta, SDM Kharar Gurmandar Singh and Assotnat Commissioner (General) Dr Ankita Kansal besides the District Heads of Procurement Agencies.