Physical verification to check stock in rice mills under way
Tribune News Service
Karnal, February 15
After observing that 66 rice mills have failed to deliver even 50 per cent of the custom milled rice (CMR), the district administration has constituted nine teams for the physical verification of the mills to check the stock and quality.
The teams have started the physical verification. Most of the 66 mills have not even delivered 40 per cent of the CMR. As per officials, the millers have to deliver 70 per cent of the CMR by the end of February.
“We have constituted nine teams to check the stock and quality of rice in the rice mills. These teams have started the verification,” said Nishant Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner.
He maintained that these teams would have to submit their reports by February 17. Yadav said, “If any kind of discrepancy is found, action will be initiated.”
The DC said as per norms, the millers have to deliver 30 per cent CMR by the end of December, further 20 per cent by the end of January, 20 per cent by the end of February, 10 per cent in March and remaining 20 per cent by the end of April.
He said it could not be ruled out that some of the millers could deliver low quality of rice to the government. “We are keeping a tab on the quality of rice, which is delivered to the government,” said Yadav, adding that action will also be initiated if millers do not cooperate in verification. A complete videography of the physical verification will be done, he said.
As many as 288 rice mills were given 1300155MT paddy by three government agencies, including Food and Civil Supplies, Haryana Warehouse and Hafed, but still around 62 per cent CMR has been delivered comprising 59 per cent of Food and Civil Supplies, 69 per cent of Haryana Warehouse and 67 per cent of Hafed. Around 334103MT CMR is pending, the DC said.
Ayush Sinha, SDM, Karnal, who is heading one team, said so far, he had conducted physical verification in four mills and he would submit his report before the deadline fixed by the DC.
