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Rice millers warned of action if bank guarantees not provided
District In-charge Collector A Md Imtiaz said that 75 boiled rice millers in the district should provide bank guarantees for Rs 75 crore before March 27.
Nellore: District In-charge Collector A Md Imtiaz said that 75 boiled rice millers in the district should provide bank guarantees for Rs 75 crore before March 27. He warned of action of rice millers fails to provide bank guarantees. Imtiaz held a review meeting with the rice millers at Golden Jubilee Hall here on Friday. Speaking at the meeting, he said that the district administration has been focusing on welfare of the farmers.
Ministers in the district and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu are keen on rescuing distressed farmers, the In-charge Collector stated. “Though the rice millers in the district can provide bank guarantees but they are not coming forward,” said Imtiaz Ahmed. Civil Supplies Managing Director and Commissioner have taken the issue of bank guarantee issue very seriously, he informed rice millers.
Imtiaz also explained that farmers in the district have cultivated paddy in huge extent and there is a need to save their interests. In-charge Collector also said that state government would provide Rs 639 to rice millers per putti for NLR Masuri paddy variety. Rice millers should not take 2 kilos of rice from the farmers per bag, he warned. In-charge Civil Supplies Officer (CSO) Ramana said that they had not achieved good results despite putting efforts for procurement for last one month.
He informed that 103 Paddy Purchasing Centres have been working actively out of 168 centres across the district. “Only 50 per cent of paddy was collected as against the target of 5,000 metric tonnes per day from these centres, said the Civil Supplies Officer. He explained that rice millers have provided Rs 40 crore bank guarantees till now against Rs 150 crore.
In-charge Collector made it clear that state government would take action against the rice millers if they fail to support the farmers. Rice Millers Association President S Koteswar Rao, Y Rangaiah Naidu, Ongole Rice Millers Association President Srinivasulu and others were present. Further, Imtiaz flagged off the mobile publicity vehicle to create awareness about tuberculosis at his camp office.
