Now wheat will be weighed with electronic forks in Kaithal Mandis. file photo
Surendra Saini, Kaithal. For the first time in the wheat season starting from April in the district, wheat will be weighed with electronic forks. For this, instructions have been issued by the District Marketing Board to the market agents by issuing letters. If the commission agents do not follow these rules during the season, their license can also be suspended.
Let us tell you that till now in the wheat and paddy season, the weighing of the crop was done by the commission agents using Pharsi and Tipahi scales. Farmers and BKU officials, fearing discrepancy in the weight of wheat, had demanded from the government that the grains should be weighed in the mandis with electronic scales.
Following the instructions of the government, the department has now issued instructions for weighing grains with electronic forks. There are 1500 commission agents in the entire district, one fork costs 12 thousand rupees.
Last year 7 lakh metric tons of wheat arrived
Farmers and commission agents are busy preparing for the wheat season starting from April in the district. The combine is being repaired for wheat harvesting.
From April 1, the arrival of wheat is expected to start in Kaithal's old grain market, new grain market and additional grain market along with wheat in Guhla-Cheeka, Kalayat, Siwan, Rajound, Dhand, Pai and procurement centers Guhna, Kyorak, Baba Ladana, Farsh Majra.
Last year, seven lakh metric tonnes of wheat had arrived in the wheat season, this time in view of the bumper crop, more arrivals are expected. Wheat crop has been planted in 1 lakh 70 thousand hectares.
Procurement agencies floated tenders for lifting
District Food and Supplies Department, HAFED and Warehouse have floated tenders for lifting wheat from the mandis and unloading the sacks in the warehouses.
So far 65 tenders have been floated, tenders will be opened from March 1. Last year, there were a lot of problems in the markets regarding wheat procurement, preparations are being made by the agencies to ensure that such a situation does not happen this time.
Installation of electronic hooks will cause problems: Mittal
Krishna Mittal, head of the New Grain Market Association, said that the weighing of wheat using tipahi containers is the best system. The farmer gets the weighing done in his presence, there is no confusion in this.
There will be problems in weighing with electronic forks, because firstly, these forks have to be charged and secondly, being electronic, there will be problems. This will also take more time, which will cause problems in the season. Therefore, the weight should be from the tripod hooks only.
Tipahi thorns are in favor of farmers: Malik
Raghubir Malik, head of Additional Grain Market Association, said that the commission agents will follow the instructions given by the department regarding electronic forks. Now in the market, weighing was done in the season with triple hooks, these hooks were also in favor of the landlord.
Farmers will benefit: Satpal
State President of Bharatiya Kisan Union, Satpal Dillowali said that BKU had raised the demand of weighing of grains in the markets with electronic forks before the government, which is now being fulfilled.
Farmers will benefit greatly from this. Their demand is that during the season, the work of weighing grains with electronic forks should also be checked on the second and third day, so that there are no irregularities.
Instructions have been issued to commission agents: Dhull
New Grain Market Market Committee Secretary Narendra Dhull said that this time in the wheat season starting from April, wheat will be weighed with electronic forks. For this, instructions have been issued to all the commission agents to purchase electronic hooks. If any commission agent does not follow the departmental rules, his license will be suspended.
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