BSS, Jashore :
The government so far procured around 47,482 tonnes of Boro paddy and rice during the current season in the district, food department sources said.
The government started paddy procurement on April 28 and rice procurement on May 7 last from all eight upazilas of the district.
Nittananda Kundu, district food controller, said the government has set a target of procuring 26,754 tonnes of rice and 20,728 tonnes of Boro paddy until August 31 in the district during the current season.
Of those, a total of 3, 138 tonnes of Boro paddy and 6,265 tonnes of rice would be procured from Sadar upazila while 3,325 tonnes of paddy and 6,171 tonnes of rice from Sharsha,1,852 tonnes of paddy and 7,212 tonnes of rice from Abhaynagar, 3,892 tonnes of paddy and 2,525 tonnes of rice from Monirampur, 1,975 tonnes of paddy and 326 tonnes of rice from Bagherpara, 2,715 tonnes of paddy and 1,608 tonnes of rice from Jhikargacha, 2,471 tonnes of paddy and 1,631 tonnes of rice from Chaugacha and 1,360 tonnes of paddy and 1,016 tonnes of rice from Keshabpur upazila during the current season.
Procurement drive of the newly harvested paddy and rice is going on in full swing everywhere in the district, Kundu said.
“We’re procuring rice at Tk 40 per kilogram while paddy at Tk 27 per kilogram,” he said.
BSS from Pabna adds: Boro paddy and rice procurement drive of Food Department began in the district amid much enthusiasm.
Sources said the government has fixed a target to procure a total of 7,764 tonnes of paddy from the farmers and 27,504 tonnes of rice from the millers of the district during the current Boro season.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) and District Paddy Rice Procurement and Monitoring Committee Chairman Biswas Russell inaugurated the Boro paddy and rice procurement drive, held at Sadar LSD office of the district Tuesday morning.
Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer and President of Sadar Upazila Paddy Rice Collection and Monitoring Committee Tahmina Akhter Raina presided over the inauguration ceremony. District Food Control Officer Tanvir Rahman, Sadar Upazila Parishad Chairman Mosharraf Hossain, Miller Association President Idris Ali Biswas, Krishak League leader Dewan Mazharul Islam, Sadar LSD officer-in-charge (OC) Mohammad Ali Miah, Sujanagar LSD officer-in-charge(OC) Wahid Mostafa Milton, among others, were present on the occasion.
The food department is buying paddy from farmers named in the list given by the agriculture department in the district. The paddy procurement campaign started from 28th April and the rice procurement campaign started from 7th May will continue till 31st August.
Talking to the BSS, District Food Controller Tanvir Rahman said as many as 7,764 tonnes of Boro paddy and 27,504 tonnes of Boro rice would be procured from the district this year.
Price of per kg of Boro paddy has also been fixed at Taka 27 and price of rice per kg fixed at Taka 40, District Food Controller Tanvir Rahman told BSS.
