BSS, Joypurhat :
A total of 6,000 tonnes of boro rice have been procured at all the five upazilas of the district against the target of 16,000 tonnes.
District food department sources said the boro rice procurement drive would be continued in the district till August 31.
Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury, district controller of food, told BSS that the rice procurement target would be achieved easily as the department was getting positive response from the millers.
Necessary measures had also been taken to procure the paddy from the farmers so that they would get fair prices from their food grain, he added.
A total of 6,000 tonnes of boro rice have been procured at all the five upazilas of the district against the target of 16,000 tonnes.
District food department sources said the boro rice procurement drive would be continued in the district till August 31.
Iqbal Bahar Chowdhury, district controller of food, told BSS that the rice procurement target would be achieved easily as the department was getting positive response from the millers.
Necessary measures had also been taken to procure the paddy from the farmers so that they would get fair prices from their food grain, he added.
