Rewa: The district administration has started taking strict action against those who try to bring paddy from Uttar Pradesh and sell it in Madhya Pradesh. Guards have been set up on the routes connected to UP. Arrangements have been made for 24-hour checking of these routes.
- District administration’s initiative to stop fraud: Purchase of paddy will start from December 2 at the support price
As per the instructions of the government, purchase of paddy from farmers is to start from December 2 at the support price. The administration has made extensive preparations to deal with the problem of UP’s paddy being consumed in this process.
Every year, traders try to secretly bring paddy from UP at a cheaper rate and sell it in MP. To stop this, the administration has set up special checking points on seven main routes connected to UP.
These include Chakghat-Prayagraj Hardway Tyonthar-Shankargarh Pathat road, Naribari to Mangi Kakraha road, Chiraon-Sonauri road, Dehi-Bashat road and Mangi-Samrol road. Duty has been assigned in these 18-8 hour shifts.
There is a difference in the price of UP and MP: Paddy is not purchased at the support price in UP. Due to this, farmers get only Rs 2,000 per quintal through traders. Whereas, the support price in MP is Rs 2,300 per quintal. To take advantage of this difference, middlemen try to sell UP’s paddy in MP.
In the past years, a large quantity of paddy brought from UP was confiscated by the administration. This time also the administration has made a strong arrangement to foil the plans of the traders.
256 quintals of unauthorised paddy recovered
Tyonthar SDM Sanjay Jain took action and seized paddy stored unauthorisedly by trader Shivbabu Gupta. Paddy worth about Rs 6 lakh was stored on empty land in Kotra Khurd. On information, the team raided and seized it.
The investigation was handed over to the food inspector and market officials, on the basis of which a fine of Rs 41,096 was imposed on the trader. This paddy was purchased from local farmers. The administration has taken the matter seriously and taken necessary steps.
78 centres across the district for paddy purchase: 78 centres have been set up in the district for paddy purchase. In these, the produce will be purchased at the support price from 2 December to 20 January. There are 6 purchase centres in Gurh tehsil, 5 in Jawa. 18 in Tyonthar, 10 in Mangawan. 7 in Raipur Karchulian, 8 in Semriya. 9 in Sirmour, 15 in Huzur tehsil.
- Check posts have been set up on seven routes to stop the transportation of paddy from UP. Employees will be deployed 24 hours a day to check the vehicles carrying paddy from UP. Illegally stored paddy was found in Kotra Khurd village, on which the Food Department and Mandi have imposed fines. Sanjay Jain, SDM Tyonthar
