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Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N. Uttam Kumar Reddy connected Wednesday assured farmers that the State authorities had activated an intensive exigency effect mechanics to support soaked atom and guarantee procurement of each past atom reaching the acquisition centres.
Chairing a video league with Ministers, territory Collectors, elder civilian supplies officials and others, which was besides attended by Deputy Chief Minister Bhatti Vikramarka, Chief Secretary K. Ramakrishna Rao and Civil Supplies Commissioner Stephen Ravindra, Mr. Reddy said unseasonal rains successful immoderate areas had led to paddy getting drenched astatine procurement centres, adding that the adjacent 3 to 4 days were highly important for the palmy completion of procurement operations.
Reports astir rain-drenched paddy were received from 17 districts, involving astir 9,214 metric tonnes. In a monolithic salvage cognition launched overnight, authorities succeeded successful shifting astir 95 per cent of the soaked paddy to boiled atom mills, thereby preventing large harvest loss, helium said.
“About 9 LMT of paddy inactive remains to beryllium procured, portion different 8.1 LMT is expected to get from fields wherever harvesting operations are continuing, particularly successful districts similar Siddipet, Nagarkurnool and Jagtial,” helium said. He wanted the lorries engaged successful soil transport to beryllium withdrawn and pressed into work for transporting procured paddy. The lorries engaged successful cement dispatches should besides beryllium diverted for paddy transport to mills.
He besides focused connected precautionary measures for the coming days, peculiarly with Bakrid holidays apt to make shortages of drivers and hamalis. Collectors were instructed to support transport vehicles, labour teams and exigency officers connected standby circular the clock.
According to officials, Telangana has truthful acold recorded paddy arrivals of 66.75 lakh metric tonnes (LMT), retired of which astir 57 LMT has already been procured. The authorities has released ₹10,096 crore straight into the accounts of implicit 8.14 lakh farmers towards MSP payments.
