24X7 check on smuggling of paddy from other states in Fatehgarh Sahib

Our Correspondent

Fatehgarh Sahib, October 8

To check the inflow of smuggled paddy in the district from other states, Deputy Commissioner Surbhi Malik has formed surveillance teams comprising officials of the Food and Civil Supplies and other departments. These surveillance teams are working round-the-clock and monitoring paddy arrival at procurement centres in the district.

Assistant Commissioner (General) Ashok Kumar said these teams were also keeping close watch on the sale of paddy in all the 32 procurement centres of the district to ensure that only genuine farmers crop was sold and the record of commission agents was verified regularly. These teams ensured that paddy from out of the state was not sold in the district, he added.

At the same time teams had been directed that no farmer or commission agent was unnecessarily harassed as per the directions of the state government, he said.

The district administration had made elaborate arrangements at all procurement centres to ensure the smooth procurement of paddy, he added.