Due to the micro level monitoring by Deputy Commissioner Dr. Senu Duggal, there has been a 5-fold increase in wheat lifting in two days, in district Fazilka. On April 21, where the agencies of the district had lifted 4095 metric tons of wheat, on April 22 this figure crossed 12236 metric tons and yesterday on April 23, the agencies lifted 23493 metric tons of wheat.
It is to be mentioned that since the last two days, the Deputy Commissioner herself has been visiting the procurement yards, godowns and supervising the procurement arrangements. On the other hand, the Deputy Commissioner of Fazilka, Dr. Senu Duggal, held a meeting with the officials of various procurement agencies and reviewed the procurement arrangements for wheat and ordered the officials to speed up the lifting of wheat. Shew also visited Jalalabad Mandi.
During the meeting, the Deputy Commissioner said that the officials should ensure that no farmer faces any problem in Mandies. She said that the purchasing agencies should also ensure that the lifting targets are met according to the purchase of wheat. She strongly warned the transport contractor to provide trucks and labor as per the demand of the agencies.
On this occasion, the Deputy Commissioner said that till now a total of 252455 metric tons of wheat has arrived in the markets and 232782 metric tons of wheat has been purchased. Pangrain has procured 59151 MT, Markfed 69020 MT, PUNSUP 60121 MT, Punjab State Warehouse Corporation 34998 MT, FCI 1200 MT and Private Traders 8292 MT.
The Deputy Commissioner said that as per the rule of payment of wheat purchased in 48 hours, Rs 335.7 crore has been paid against the due payment of Rs 292 crore, which means that the amount has reached the farmers' accounts in less than 48 hours after the sale of wheat. The Deputy Commissioner said that negligence in the lifting work will not be tolerated and action will be taken as per the rules against anyone found lax.
On this occasion Additional Deputy Commissioner General Mr. Rakesh Kumar Popli, SDM Jalalabad Balkaran Singh, Tehsildar Sukhdev Singh, DFSC Mr. Himansu Kukkar, District Mandi Officer Jasmeet Singh, DM Markfed Mr. Vipan Kumar and officials of various procurement agencies were also present