Streamline paddy procurement at DPCs, say farmers
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Thanjavur
Delta farmers have suggested certain measures to the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation to ensure that their produce alone be procured at the direct purchase centres (DPCs) opened in the delta districts during this samba/thaladi season.
In their appeal, they have pointed out that in the absence of a stringent mechanism, farmers from other districts and traders dispose their stock at the DPCs opened in Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Mayiladuthurai districts that have been set up exclusively to purchase the paddy harvested by Delta farmers.
P. Kalyanam of Arupathi, general secretary, Federation of Farmers Associations of Delta Districts (FFADD), has called upon the District Administrations to post special teams to monitor the movement of paddy through check-posts in the district borders during the procurement period.