All wheat procurement centres to be sanitised

Jalandhar, April 16

To check the spread of coronavirus in mandis during the ongoing procurement season, a sanitisation drive will be carried out at all purchase centres. DC Varinder Kumar Sharma said ahead of the procurement season of wheat, which started from Wednesday, the district administration had already carried out a sanitisation drive at a massive level at all 156 purchase centres across the district.

He said as hundreds of farmers would daily visit these centres, utmost care needed to be taken for checking the spread of Covid in the grain markets. The DC said it had been decided to embark a special drive for desensitising the purchase centres on a regular basis. The DC said it was more important to sanitise these purchase centres for keeping Covid at bay.

“Teams of the Mandi Board will spray sodium hypochlorite in grain markets. Besides, the administration will ensure that employees engaged in the procurement operations get masks, hand sanitisers and soaps. Every step will be taken to ensure that coronavirus is checked in an effective manner during the entire procurement operations,” he added. — TNS