Mohali DC Orders Officials to Focus on Wheat Lifting

While interacting with the officials, farmers, and labour, Mohali DC Aashika Jain acquired information about the procurement method.

On Saturday, Aashika Jain, Deputy Commissioner visited the Banur grain market to analyze the ongoing progress of wheat procurement in the mandis and expressed satisfaction and also told them to pay special attention to it.

During her visit, she acquired information about the procurement method by interacting with the officials, farmers, and labour.

The deputy commissioner expressed satisfaction over the ongoing procurement process in the mandis and directed officials to pay special attention to wheat lifting.

Before this, during a meeting, Jain instructed officials to speed up the lifting of wheat from mandis. She asked them to examine the wheat lifting procedure on a daily basis so that sufficient space can be created in mandis for the arrival of more wheat.

As of Friday, 31,233 metric tonnes of wheat arrived in the district’s mandis and 30,543 metric tonnes (97.8%) have been purchased.

Out of this, government procurement agencies have lifted 28,523 metric tonnes, while private agencies have purchased 2,019 metric tonnes.

This year, it may be noted that wheat has been sown on 46,000 hectares in the district and 1,96,000 metric tonnes of produce is expected.

In the state, the Punjab government has set up 2,466 mandis, 1,860 permanent and 606 temporary to handle the arrival of wheat.