A delegation of the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) met officials in Maharashtra’s Gondia district seeking an immediate start to the process of paddy procurement.
The delegation under former MLA Rajendra Jain met District Marketing Officer Manoj Bajpayee and warned of an agitation if procurement centres don’t start functioning immediately, PTI reported.
More than 2.30 lakh farmers in the district are engaged in cultivation on an area of 1.90 lakh hectares. Already, they are in distress due to heavy rains. Delay in paddy procurement is forcing them to sell the produce to traders in the open market at less price, Jain claimed.