Hyderabad, May 5 (RAHNUMA): Civil Supplies Commissioner Stephen Ravindra on Tuesday conducted a surprise inspection at Pedakaparthi procurement centre in Chityal mandal of Nalgonda district, directing officials to speed up unloading, vehicle movement, and paddy transportation.
As part of the Rabi paddy procurement process, Civil Supplies Commissioner Stephen Ravindra directed officials to increase unloading operations at rice mills.
He also instructed them to enhance vehicle rotation, expedite transportation of paddy from procurement centres, and deploy additional lorries and hamalis.
During the visit, Stephen Ravindra reviewed details such as the quantity of paddy received so far, availability of hamalis, truck sheets, vehicles tagged to mills, tarpaulins, and other logistics with district collector B. Chandrashekhar and officials.
Officials informed that 25,000 quintals of paddy had been received at the Pedakaparthi centre so far, out of which 7,000 quintals had been procured, with tab entry completed. They added that around 15,000 metric tonnes of paddy were still available at the procurement centre. As it is a major center, 10 to 20 additional lorries have been arranged, the Collector said.
He further explained that advance information was given to millers to avoid any shortage of hamalis, and about 30 hamalis were deployed at each procurement center, with 30 to 35 workers engaged at mills as well.
The Commissioner stressed that tab entry must be completed 100 percent. Stephen Ravindra also enquired about the use of dryers and cleaning processes for paddy at the procurement centers. He reviewed the availability of gunny bags and tarpaulins and instructed officials to arrange additional tarpaulins wherever required.
Later, he visited Siddhartha Rice Industries at Vattimarthy, where he enquired about the number of hamalis and was informed that 35 workers were engaged. He directed the management to increase unloading and vehicle rotation. He also reviewed the system-based uploading of paddy details and tab entry records.
The Commissioner instructed officials to focus on procurement centres with pending tab entries. He also directed that if mills face space constraints, paddy should be shifted to intermediate godowns. Additionally, he instructed the transport department deputy commissioner Vani to arrange more vehicles to speed up transportation.
