Thursday, May 1, 2014

55.59 MTof wheat arrives in Haryana mandis

by Haryananewswire
CHANDIGARH, MAY 1
In Haryana, more than 55.59 lakh metric tonnes (MT) of wheat has so far arrived in various mandis during the current procurement season.
          While stating this here today, a spokesman of the Food and Supplies Department said that the government agencies have procured 55.57 lakh MT of wheat whereas, 1355 MT of wheat have been purchased by traders.
           He said that HAFED has purchased highest 20.53 lakh MT of wheat followed by 15.85 Lakh MT purchased by Food and Supplies Department. Similarly,  Agro Industries Corporation has purchased  4.96 lakh MT, Haryana Warehousing Corporation 5.62 lakh MT, CONFED 1.38 lakh MT and Food Corporation of India had procured 7.22 lakh MT of wheat during current procurement season so far.
 He said that district Sirsa is leading in the wheat arrival where 7.72 lakh MT of wheat has arrived in the mandis, followed by Karnal with 6.11 lakh MT. Similarly, 5.56 lakh MT wheat arrived in Jind,  4.13 Lakh MT in district Kurukshetra, 5.72 lakh MT in Kaithall, 5.63  lakh MT in Fatehabad,  2.82 Lakh MT of wheat in Sonipat, 2.42 lakh MT in Panipat, 1.96  lakh MT in Palwal, 3.70 Lakh MT in Hisar, 1.91 lakh  MT in Rohtak, 1.81 Lakh MT in Ambala, 88,854 MT in Faridabad, 42,132 MT in Gurgaon, 1.07 lakh MT in Jhajjar,  1.43 lakh MT in Yamunanagar, 1.64 lakh MT in Bhiwani, 19,482 MT in Narnaul, 42,497 MT in Mewat and 20,945 MT wheat arrived in various mandis in Panchkula.
 He said that 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.

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