Rice Millers In Kakinada Warned Against Violating Procurement Norms
Kakinada joint collector K. Apoorva Bharat on Friday advised officials and rice millers to work: Reports
KAKINADA: Kakinada joint collector K. Apoorva Bharat on Friday advised officials and rice millers to work in coordination with farmers and procure paddy at the minimum support price (MSP).
Apoorva Bharat warned that strict action would be taken against rice millers violating the government regulations.
The joint collector convened a meeting with rice millers and officials to discuss paddy procurement during Kharif 2026–27 season and submission of bank guarantees. Provision of an adequate number of gunny bags to farmers also came up for discussion.
Those present at the meeting included Civil Supplies department district manager A. Ananda Rao, district Civil Supplies officer T. Prasanna Lakshmi Devi, district Agriculture officer V.T. Rama Rao, District Rice Millers Association president Nunna Ramakrishna.
Subsequently, the joint collector convened another meeting with telecom operators like AirTel, BSNL, JIO, Idea and Vodafone. He wanted the operators to expedite establishment of their telecommunication networks, which must also connect the remote rural areas, where signal connectivity is currently poor. He asked tahsildars to coordinate with the telecom operators while the latter conduct their field-level inspections for establishing the telecom towers.
