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Wanaparthy: District Collector Adarsh Surabhi visited the Palem paddy procurement centre in Kothakota mandal on Thursday. During his surprise inspection, he instructed that the details of the paddy brought by farmers must be recorded immediately in the registers.
The Collector was upset to see that there were no tents or fans at the centre to help dry the paddy. He ordered the staff to set up a tent right away and install fans to remove husks and clean the paddy properly.
Surabhi checked the moisture levels of the paddy and looked through the registers. He asked the centre in-charge to show how they check if the paddy is of fine or coarse variety using a caliper meter. When the in-charge could not demonstrate the process or explain the standard values, the Collector ordered that he be replaced.
The Collector stressed that only trained staff should be made in-charges of procurement centres. Since the paddy had a lot of husk and straw, he instructed that it must be cleaned using pedestal fans and paddy cleaners before being bought.
He also ordered that separate centres should be set up for fine and coarse varieties of paddy. Kothakota tahsildar Venkateshwarlu and some farmers were present during the inspection.
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