22,000 MT paddy arrives in Jalandhar mandis, lifting still at a slow pace

As much as 21,911MT of paddy arrival was recorded in Jalandhar mandis today. There are 79 mandis in the district. The arrival of 1,11,150 MT has been recorded in the district till date. As per information, 1,07,777 MT procurement has been done. But only 580 MT of lifting is done, which is very less.

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The farmers are waiting for the panchayat elections to get over. The harvesting will now start properly.

Gurnam Singh, a farmer from Banga, said he harvested his crop today. “Just have a look at the mandis in the next few days, I don’t know what is going to happen, there will be chaos everywhere if no lifting is done.

Bhupinder Singh from Sidhupur village said there was a shortage of bardanas as well which was troubling the farmers. “This time, there are several issues which are making farmers fearful,” he added.