Deputy Commissioner Sakshi Sawhney on Thursday said that the procurement of wheat in the grain markets across Ludhiana has gained momentum. The administration has procured a total of 334283.4 metric tons of wheat in various grain markets.
Reviewing the procurement/lifting operations at her office, the Deputy Commissioner said that the arrival of grains has touched 390850.2 MT. This is against the expected arrival of 8.11 lakh metric tons. She informed that wheat has been sown on around 2.50 lakh hectare area in 2024-25, which is slightly more than the 2.47 lakh hectare area under wheat cultivation in 2023-24.
Additionally, she said that around 108 mandis/purchase centres had been notified for the wheat procurement in the district.Sawhney further mentioned that a total of 390850.2 metric tons of wheat has arrived in the mandis across the district.
Similarly, she stated that 334283.4 metric tons of wheat has been procured, and a payment worth Rs 623.4 crore has been made to the farmers. She urged the District Food, civil and supplies controllers, district managers of procurement agencies to make all-out efforts to ensure that every procured grain is lifted at the earliest.
The Deputy Commissioner also stressed that every agency must ensure the timely lifting of its quota of grains from the grain market as soon as it arrives. She reiterated the district administration's commitment to ensuring that farmers do not face any inconvenience while selling their golden harvest in the mandis across the district. She also appealed to the farmers to bring moisture-free grains to the market to avoid any sort of inconvenience to them.