Traders selling farmers' grain illegally

Tiruvallur district administration tightened surveillance on paddy movement after complaints that traders, including some from neighbouring states, submit papers belonging to farmers and sell procured paddy at direct procurement centres.

How farmers are being exploited

Distressed farmers pledge their crops to traders, then give harvested grain to them. Farmers seek direct procurement centre payment instead, submitting adangal and chitta documents to centres in Ponneri and Uthukottai areas.

District Collector's enforcement measures

District Collector S.Kavitha said inspections are being carried out at border checkposts.Teams from Revenue and Agriculture departments verify registrations, procurement quantity and variety.A two-year procurement ban is imposed on farmers giving adangal to traders.

“We have created awareness among farmers that a two-year procurement ban would be imposed on those who gave their adangal to traders.”

Digital crop survey and field verification

The digital crop survey has been made mandatory from crop standing in the fields. If discrepancies are found, special teams have been formed to verify the farmers' fields and ensure accuracy in procurement records.

Andhra Pradesh truck seized with paddy

Following enforcement measures, Revenue Department officials seized a truck containing sixteen tonnes of paddy from Andhra Pradesh in Anna Nagar in Uthukottai taluk, demonstrating cross-border grain smuggling.

Procurement progress in Tiruvallur

Tiruvallur district has around one point zero six lakh hectares under paddy cultivation.Of seventy approved direct procurement centres, fifty-eight are open and functioning.