Punjab Vigilance Bureau on Sunday claimed to redress all complaints pertaining to wheat procurement it had received on its toll free number 1800-1800-1000 during the ongoing season.
As per the information, the VB headquarter registered total 31 complaints regarding wheat procurement out of which 10 complaints were pertaining to lifting process.
“VB has received 10 complaints regarding lifting of crop, six regarding excess measurement of crop, five regarding shortage of Bardana, three each regarding payment of crop and auction of crop, and one each regarding purchase of crop by commission agents at lower rates and selling further to government at higher rate, demand of money by government procurement agencies, mixing of last year’s crop with the stock of new crop while storing in rack of godowns, and unloading of crop,” said the state Chief Director Vigilance BK Uppal.
Uppal said that all these grievances, mostly reported by farmers and arhtiyas (commission agents) during peak wheat procurement season have been got redressed to their satisfaction with the intervention of field officers of the Vigilance Bureau.
Meanwhile, Vigilance Director G Nageshwara Rao said that VB has launched a mission against corrupt officials on the instructions of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh.
He assured the people of the state that VB would take immediate action on all complaints it would receive on its toll free number 1800-1800-1000. He appealed all the vigil citizens of the state to help and coordinate with vigilance bureau to end corruption in the state.