Produce under-weighed, allege farmers in Hisar

Deepender Deswal
Tribune News Service
Hisar, June 4

Farmers bringing the black gram crop have accused procurement agencies of cheating while weighing their produce. Vinod Kumar of Kharia village got his bags reweighed after procurement.

He reportedly found that a bag supposed to weigh 50 kg weighed 55.5 kg during reweighing. He lodged a complaint with the district administration and police.

Vinod had brought about seven quintals. After procurement, he was told that his produce weighed 6.5 quintals. He said he got suspicious as he had got his produce weighed before entering the grain market.

Other farmers got their procured produce reweighed and found a similar discrepancy. They said they were being cheated by arhtiyas, who were hand in glove with procurement officials.

Ramesh Kumar of Chaudhariwali village said his produce was rejected by Hafed officials. He alleged that had to pay Rs 300 per quintal as bribe to get his produce cleared for procurement.

“After my produce was rejected, a person approached me with the offer. I accepted it as I had no other option,” he said. Kisan Sabha activists raised slogans and demanded action against officials and arhtiyas.

Mahavir Jangra, chairperson of the market committee, said corrupt elements were duping farmers during procurement. “I will take up the issue with the Chief Minister,” he said.

Hisar City SHO Vinod Kumar said he had received the complaint of a farmer and would take action as per the law. The district administration directed SDM Rajender Singh to probe the incident.

Under the price protection scheme, Hafed had been procuring the black gram produce from farmers at the rate of Rs 4,875 per quintal.