Farmers submitted memorandum regarding making use of electronic fork mandatory in government paddy procurement centers
Report of Durgam Das from Garvit Matrabhoomi
Bemetara – farmers led by farmer leader Yogesh Tiwari submitted a memorandum to Deputy Collector VR Maske demanding mandatory use of electronic forks in government paddy procurement centres. During this, the farmer leader apprised the Deputy Collector that for the last three years, a demand is being made to make the weighing of paddy with an electronic fork mandatory in the procurement centers of Bemetara assembly, yet the administration is not taking this demand of the farmers seriously. Is . There have been many discrepancies in the weight of paddy in the procurement centers. In which the committee worker has been caught weighing the overweight paddy. According to the fixed quantity, 40 kg of paddy is weighed per katta. During the investigation in the last procurement season, 3 to 4 kg of paddy was found extra. Presently manual forks are used in all procurement centres. According to the farmer leader, despite the matter being in the notice of the district administration, Questions are being raised on the silence of those responsible. During this Ajay Mishra, Lala Ram Sahu, Manoj Dubey, Jagannath Sahu, Manoj Patel, Durjan Markande Manoj Sinha, Topendra Kumar, Nandu Ram Sahu, Parasram Sahu, Balram, Ghasia Sahu, Bhuvan Singh, Ganesh Ram Sahu etc. were present.
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