17793 MT paddy arrives in District Mandis, 117653 MT purchased

Harshabab Sidhu
Nabaz-e-Punjab, Mohali, October 17:
The progressive/total paddy arrives in the Kharif Marketing season 2020-21 until October 16 is 1,17,793 metric tonne (MT) out of which 1,17,653 MT has been purchased, 95,684 MT paddy has been lifted from the Mandis, and the payment of ₹158.99 crores has been made, informed DC Girish Dayalan.
On October 16, the paddy arrival was 7,810 MT with progressive arrival being 1,17,793 MT. The purchase details include 28,515 MT by Pungrain, 45,859 MT by Markfed, 19,789 MT by Punsup, 15,097 MT by Punjab State Warehousing Corporation, 8,259 MT by Food Corporation India and 134 MT by Millers. DC appealed to farmers to harvest the paddy only through Super S.M.S Combines. He further appealed to farmers to avoid the harvest of crops from 7:00 PM to 09:00 AM as it may increase the moisture content in paddy.

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