EG sets record in milling 96 pc of paddy

Kakinada: District Joint Collector Mallikarjuna ordered all the rice millers in the district to deliver the CM (Custom Milled) rice which they had purchased from paddy purchasing centres in the district during this Kharif season.

The JC convened a review meeting with the rice millers, civil supply officials on Custom Milled rice at his chamber in the Collectorate on Wednesday evening.

Speaking on this occasion, the JC informed that 365 rice millers were requested to mill 9, 73,987 tonnes of paddy which was purchased from the ryots in the district during this season. The JC explained that 6,30,640 tonnes of paddy was milled and East Godavari sets a record by milling 96 percent of paddy that was procured from the PPCs (Paddy Purchasing Centres) in Andhra Pradesh. He ordered the officials and millers that they should deliver the remaining rice before the March 31.

“If any rice miller fails to deliver the remaining amount of custom milled rice, the district administration will take action against the rice mills besides transferring the miller’s bank guarantee to the civil supply department,” Mallikarjuna said.
He ordered the officials that they should take measures to gather the remaining amount of milled rice from the rice millers who took the paddy for milling.

He warned the millers that if their staff finds that the government paddy was not being milled in any rice mill they would take action on the rice mill according to Custom Milling Police, 2018.

Civil Supplies District Manager Krishna Rao, Rice Millers Association president Rama Krishna Reddy, Assistant Supply Officers Suresh, Bala Krishna, Purushottam, Uday Bhaskar and other officials participated.