Procurement Mismanagement: Union Minister Pratap Sarangi Reprimands Mandi Staff, Watch Video
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Balasore: Union Minister Pratap Sarangi on Monday paid a shock go to to a paddy procurement centre at Olanda Saragaan below Sadar block within the district and reprimanded the co-operative society secretary over the alleged irregularities in paddy procurement.
Sarangi expressed displeasure and misplaced his cool after the secretary, Surendra Samantray failed to present passable solutions over the paddy procurement. The Minister got here down closely on the Cooperative society secretary for allegedly favouring millers as a substitute of the farmers.
Sources mentioned some farmers at the moment met the Union Minister alleging that millers have pressured them to return to a separate place as a substitute of presidency Mandi by overlaying a stretch of round 2 km.
The Minister additionally lashed out on the secretary for exhibiting undue favour to the millers by deducting most quantity of paddy per quintal within the title of excessive moisture and gunny utilization prices.
Irregularities within the procurement of paddy have been alleged from completely different locations throughout the State.
Hundreds of farmers at the moment blocked street at two separate locations in two districts protesting inordinate delay in procurement of paddy.
Hundreds of farmers registered on the Kalampur Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) blocked Kalampur-Rampur route in Kalahandi district at the moment by inserting paddy-filled sacks on the street close to Pandigaon mandi.
Similarly, a bunch of farmers from Lakhanpur block in Jharsuguda district registered the same protest on the National Highway- 49 with paddy loaded tractors. They alleged that points associated to token led to delay in procurement.
Meanwhile, the State BJP has determined to accentuate agitation in numerous districts over mismanagement in paddy procurement.
BJP Krushak Morcha president Pradeep Purohit at the moment knowledgeable that the social gathering will stage protest in entrance of collector & sub-collector workplaces in 5 Parliamentary constituencies of western Odisha on January 29.
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