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Minister for Food and Civil Supplies P. Venkataramanan has said that efforts were being made to guarantee procurement and question of paddy without laxity.
According to an authoritative release, the Food Minister during his inspection sojourn to the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation’s modern atom mill and godown astatine Sitharkadu, Mayiladuthurai connected Wednesday (June 10), has said that paddy was being procured straight from farmers successful Delta districts and steps person been initiated to summation the fig of godowns to store paddy. Sites for caller godowns would beryllium identified and acceptable up soon to guarantee procurement and retention of paddy, helium added.
Earlier, helium visited the District Headquarters hospital, named arsenic Periyar Hospital, successful Mayiladuthurai and inquired astir the wellness information of Hariharan, a fireman, who sustained injuries successful a occurrence mishap rescue cognition astatine Sitharkadu - Santhaipettai country connected June 9, and convalescing astatine the hospital. He besides went done the infirmary records and inspected the attraction services offered astatine the hospital.
Subsequently, the Minister inspected the paddy sowed connected 5 acres of onshore done SRI method astatine Aruvapadi hamlet successful Mayiladuthurai taluk, inspected the ₹21 crore worthy 21,000 tonne capableness retention constituent with modern extortion installation astatine Villiyanallur hamlet successful Mayiladuthurai tahluk and the unfastened retention constituent astatine Thirupunkur colony successful Sirkazhi tahluk, the merchandise added.
