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The Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) on Tuesday arrested two district food and civil supplies controllers (DFSCs) involved in the infamous tender scam in grain markets in Ludhiana district, involving former Congress minister Bharat Bhushan .
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After a spate of attacks on the employees of the Water Resources Department, junior engineers (JEs) have decided to stage a protest against farmers. The Diploma Engineers’ Association, in an emergency meeting on Sunday, has decided that they won’t do any work until the police book and arrest all the accused of the recent attacks on their colleagues.
In a recent attack allegedly by farmers at Kheri Mandla village, two junior engineers and an SDO were injured. A team of the department was on a round of inspection to curb water thefts by farmers when it was attacked. One of the junior engineers, who had received a fracture on his left arm, is still undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Patiala.
He said that so far payment worth Rs 1549.24 crore has been made to the farmers. (REUTERS PHOTO)
LUDHIANA: During the ongoing rabi season, the district administration has till Sunday procured 8,61,081 metric tons of wheat in the various grain markets/ mandis of Ludhiana in Punjab.
Deputy commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that since the start of procurement of grains in the district 8,61,081 metric tons of wheat had arrived in the mandis across the district and the entire stock has been purchased by the various agencies.
Similarly, Sharma said that in the last 72 hours, 8,13,993 metric tons of wheat have been lifted so far.
8.61 lakh MT of wheat procured in Punjab s Ludhiana ANI | Updated: May 02, 2021 16:58 IST
Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], May 2 (ANI): During the ongoing Rabi season, the district administration has till today has procured 8,61,081 metric ton of wheat in the various grain markets/ mandis of Ludhiana.
Divulging the details, Deputy Commissioner Varinder Kumar Sharma said that since the starting of procurement of grains in the district 8,61,081 metric ton wheat has arrived in the mandis across the district and the entire stock ton has been purchased by the various agencies.
Similarly, Sharma said that in last 72-hours, 8,13,993 metric ton has been lifted so far. He said that so far payment worth Rs 1549.24 crore has been made to the farmers.