Two-days visit in various mandis across the state by six IAS officers concluded
In a bid to seek on the spot feedback from the farmers and Arthiyas about ongoing wheat procurement operations, the six IAS officers visit
Chandigarh: In a bid to seek on the spot feedback from the farmers and Arthiyas about ongoing wheat procurement operations, the six IAS officers visited various mandis across the state to review the on-ground situation to further intensify procurement and lifting of produce.
It may be recalled that said officers were directed to visit mandis in different districts from April 28-29 to check the implementation of the curfew pass system, village-wise arrivals of wheat in the mandis assigned, inspecting the quality of wheat and adherence to COVID-19 protocol.
Meanwhile, the Additional Chief Secretary Development Viswajeet Khanna, who also visited various mandis/purchase centres in Patiala district on April 28 to take stock of the ongoing procurement arrangements besides the implementation of health protocol including social distancing, informed that overall position of the procurement of wheat is satisfactory despite its staggered movement in wake of COVID-19.
Notably, MD Punjab State Warehousing Corporation Nilkanth S Avhad visited Ropar & SBS Nagar districts to oversee the wheat procurement operations while MD MARKFED Varun Roojam (Amritsar & Tarantaran), Director Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs Anindita Mitra (SAS Nagar), Secretary Mandi Board Ravi Bhagat (Patiala, SBS Nagar, Hoshiarpur, Kapurthala and Jalandhar), MD PUNSUP Rambir (Jalandhar & Kapurthala) and MD PAFC Manjit Brar (Gurdaspur & Pathankot).