Hundreds of farmers on Monday stood in queues at APMC markets in Hassan district to register their names for ball copra procurement at the support price. Even though the registration process was scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. on Monday, many reached the registration counters as early as Sunday afternoon.
The growers stood in queue for hours in Channarayapatna and many slept on the premises of the market on Sunday night, as they were not ready to miss any chance.
There were around 2,000 growers in the queue in Channarayapatna by 7 a.m. on the day. The scene was similar at Arasikere, Nuggehalli, S.Belgola and other centres. The district administration deployed policemen to handle the crowd at these centres.
