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BORO-PADDY-JOUPURHAT
Boro paddy procurement drive begins in Joypurhat
JOYPURHAT, May 23, 2019 (BSS)- Procurement of Boro paddy and rice has been
started in all the five upazilas of the district today with the main thrust
of facilitating the farmers towards getting fair price of the newly harvested
food grain.
Office sources said the government has fixed a target to procure a total
of 2014 tonnes of paddy and 21418 tonnes of rice from local farmers through
seven purchasing centres of the Food Department during the current Boro
season.
Of them, 480 tonnes of paddy and 5586 tonnes of rice would be procured in
Joypurhat Sadar, 574 tonnes of paddy and 5090 tonnes of rice in Panchbibi 206
tonnes of paddy and 1392 tonnes of rice in Akkelpur, 337 tonnes of paddy and
4097 of rice in Kalai and 327 tonnes of paddy and 4049 tonnes of rice in
Khetlal upazilas sources said.
Beside, 90 tonnes of paddy and 598 tonnes of rice would be procured from
Molangari purchasing center and 609 tonnes of rice would be procured from
Jamalganj purchasing centers.
Price of per kg Boro paddy has been fixed at Tk 26 and rice Tk 36 sources
said.
Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Zakir Hossain formally inaugurated the drive
today through purchasing paddy from the farmers at local supply depot in
Sadar upazila as the chief guest.
BSS/CORR/MR/ 1500 hrs