The Kerala State Civil Supplies Corporation (Supplyco) has procured 32,155 tonnes of paddy from farmers as the additional (second) crop season is inching closer to completion in Alappuzha. Ryots, however, are upset over the delay in getting the price of paddy procured from them.
Farmers have undertaken paddy farming on 9,122 hectares in the additional season in the district, a significant portion of which is in Kuttanad. Officials said that about 88% of the paddy sown area had been harvested so far. “The procurement is making progress and the entire process will draw to a close in the coming weeks,” said a Supplyco official.
The Supplyco has procured paddy worth ₹90.67 crore from Alappuzha this season. Though the agency issued 6,132 pay orders to the tune of ₹53.52 crore, it has so far given a list of only 3,755 farmers to Canara Bank and State Bank of India for distributing ₹34.26 crore as procurement price.
