UNB, Gaibandha :
Boro rice procurement drive of food department has been continuing in the district since May amid much enthusiasm to the millers.
Office sources said the government has fixed a target to procure a total of 20,782 tonnes of boiled rice and 2,941 tonnes of Atap rice from the millers through 11 purchasing centers of all the seven upazilas in the district during this current Boro season. Price of per kg of boiled rice and Atap rice has also been fixed at Tk 34 and Tk 33 respectively, the sources said. To make the Boro rice procurement drive a grand success, the department of food has also performed their agreement with 487 millers of the district.
Of the total, 421 tonnes of boiled rice and 466 tonnes of Atap rice had already been purchased from the millers, said an official of the food department.
M. Amzad Hossain, district controller of food, told BSS the rice procurement target must be achieved easily as it would continue in the district till August, 2017, reports BSS.
Boro rice procurement drive of food department has been continuing in the district since May amid much enthusiasm to the millers.
Office sources said the government has fixed a target to procure a total of 20,782 tonnes of boiled rice and 2,941 tonnes of Atap rice from the millers through 11 purchasing centers of all the seven upazilas in the district during this current Boro season. Price of per kg of boiled rice and Atap rice has also been fixed at Tk 34 and Tk 33 respectively, the sources said. To make the Boro rice procurement drive a grand success, the department of food has also performed their agreement with 487 millers of the district.
Of the total, 421 tonnes of boiled rice and 466 tonnes of Atap rice had already been purchased from the millers, said an official of the food department.
M. Amzad Hossain, district controller of food, told BSS the rice procurement target must be achieved easily as it would continue in the district till August, 2017, reports BSS.
