Send proposals for paddy purchase centers: Collector M Ram Mohan Rao

Nizamabad: District Collector M Ram Mohan Rao on Monday instructed the officials concerned to make necessary arrangements for procurement of paddy by setting up purchase centres. In a review meeting with officials in his chamber, Rao directed them to send proposals for giving permission to paddy purchase centres.

The collector informed the officials not to delay payment to farmers by avoiding technical snags. Ram Mohan directed them to ensure no disturbances take place at paddy procurement centres. He ordered officials to take strict action against those rice millers, who are cheating farmers with faulty weighing machines and refusing to accept grain on the pretext of high moisture.

District Joint Collector Venkateswarlu, DCO Simhachalam, Civil Supplies DM Abhishek Singh, DCSO Padmaja, District Agriculture Officer Govind and other officials attended the meeting.