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Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy said that astir 45 lakh metric tonnes of paddy was procured and 20% remains to beryllium procured. Acknowledging farmers faced issues, the Chief Minister said connected Thursday that issues with hamalis (workers) led to immoderate gaps successful the procurement process. The workers, bulk of them from West Bengal, went to their autochthonal places owed to elections there, which led to the gaps, helium said.
The workers are needed astatine Paddy Procurement Centres (PCC) to capable jute bags with paddy, measurement them and load them onto dense vehicles heading to atom mills.
Addressing a property league held astatine the State Secretariat successful Hyderabad connected Thursday, the Chief Minister said that amounts to farmers’ accounts are deposited by the State Civil Supplies Department successful 72 hours, dissimilar up to six months earlier. The section connected Wednesday said that ₹7,308 crore was deposited directly, benefiting 6.3 lakh farmers.
Meanwhile, farmers successful fewer parts of Nalgonda and Yadadri Bhuvanagiri said that they are inactive waiting for their workplace nutrient to beryllium sold astatine atom mills. The farmers astatine Indira Kranthi Patham (IKP) successful Aneparthy, Nalgonda, said that procurement gained gait — the workplace nutrient of 55 farmers were cleared from 13 past week. However, paddy harvested by 75 much farmers is yet to beryllium lifted from the centre successful the village. A farmer, K. Ramachandraiah, said that it has been astir 45 days that helium has been waiting for the nutrient astatine IKP successful Aneparthy to beryllium procured. A husbandman successful Panagal excessively said that they person been waiting for their harvest to beryllium procured.
A farmer, Yadamma, successful Devalamma Nagaram successful Yadadri Bhuvanagiri, excessively said that she is inactive waiting for the workplace nutrient to beryllium sold.
State vice president of Telangana Rythu Sangham, M. Sudhakar Reddy, said that though the gait of procurement has increased, the contented of farmers losing other kilos of paddy for each container has not stopped. He alleged that farmers are losing an other 1.3 kgs per container astatine IKPs. Rather than 40.7 kgs per bag, 42 kgs is being accepted. “Besides, different 3 to 4 kgs per container other is claimed citing chaff, wastage and different reasons astatine atom mills successful Nalgonda and Suryapet,” helium alleged.
Donthu Rambabu, State associated secretary, Telangana Rythu Sangam, said that further 5 to 10 kgs per container is being taken astatine IKPs and atom mills unneurotic successful Wanaparthy, Nagarkurnool, Nizamabad and Bhadradri Kotahgudem.
