Collector Umesh Kumar Agrawal has said that legal proceedings would be initiated against the officials found guilty of committing irregularities in paddy procurement. Till date, 63,910 farmers have sold around 3.50 metric tonne paddy worth Rs480 crores at various paddy procurement centres in the district. Around 5,63,424 quintals of paddy has been procured by rice millers while around 9,93,050 quintals paddy has been stored in the Warehouse and 15,56,474 has been transported.
Agrawal said that people giving information about agents and middlemen during the paddy procurement process would be awarded. He said that cap covers would be distributed to procurement centers for protecting the paddy from untimely rainfall.