More than 58.89 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat has so far arrived in grain markets (mandis) during the current procurement season in Haryana. A spokesman of the Food and Supplies department said that the Government agencies have procured 58.87 lakh MT of wheat whereas, 1961 MT of wheat have been purchased by traders.
He said that HAFED has purchased highest 22.16 lakh MT of wheat followed by 16.63 lakh MT purchased by Food and Supplies department. Similarly, Agro Industries Corporation has purchased 5.28 lakh MT, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 5.90 lakh MT, CONFED 1.43 lakh MT and Food Corporation of India had procured 7.44 lakh MT of wheat during current procurement season so far.
He said that district Sirsa is leading in the wheat arrival where 7.88 lakh MT of wheat has arrived in the mandis, followed by Karnal with 6.31 lakh MT. Similarly, 6.20 lakh MT wheat arrived in Fatehabad, 5.81 lakh MT in district Kaithal, 5.76 lakh MT in Jind, 4.31 lakh MT in Kurukshetra, 4.01 lakh MT of wheat in Hisar, 2.88 lakh MT in Sonepat, 2.45 lakh MT in Panipat, 2.01 lakh MT in Rohtak, 1.99 lakh MT in Palwal, 1.96 lakh MT in Ambala, 1.92 lakh MT in Bhiwani, 1.70 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, 1.10 lakh MT in Jhajjar, 89,958 MT in Faridabad, 48,274 MT in Mewat, 42,519 MT in Gurgaon, 27,674 MT in Rewari, 23,338 MT in Panchkula and 20,125 MT wheat arrived in various mandis in Narnaul. “The farmers have been asked to bring dry and properly cleaned wheat in the mandis so that they might not face any difficulty while selling their produce,” added the spokesperson.