Labourers winnow wheat at the grain market in Jalandhar on Monday. Photo: Sarabjit Singh
Faridkot, April 12
Even as the wheat procurement has begun, farmers and arhtiyas have started facing the shortage of gunny bags and farm labourers here.
In Faridkot, Markfed, which has a major share (about 25 per cent) of the total procurement, on Monday faced a problem in procurement due to the shortage of gunny bags.
Arranged plastic bag stock
The shortage is being faced across the country, but the state government has made sufficient arrangements. The state has also arranged a stock of plastic bags, which can be utilised in the future.
Sources in the Markfed revealed that the agency was provided only 7 per cent of its total requirement of gunny bags in the district and the stock finished in the first two days. “We are now waiting for the arrival of the gunny bags to start the procurement,” said a Markfed officer. It is only FCI which has adequate stock of gunny bags, but farmers and arhtiyas don’t want to sell their produce to the FCI.
Meanwhile, Jaspreet Kaur, District Food and Supply Controller, denied shortage of gunny bags. She said the bags were being supplied to the agencies in proportion to the arhtiya-kisan passes that were mandi and date specific. Passes were being distributed for staggered arrival of wheat in the mandis, she said. — TNS
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