CHANDIGARH: Punjab leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa on Monday asked chief minister Bhagwant Mann to intervene and resolve the issues of rice millers in the state to the smooth lifting of paddy from grain markets.
He said that due to the ongoing strike by rice millers in parts of the state, over 65% of the paddy purchased so far has not been lifted from mandis. A total of 14.88 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of paddy is lying in mandis with rice shelling units refusing to let the government stock the newly purchased paddy on their premises, he said.
