Punjab expected to procure 132 lakh metric tons wheat: Chief Secretary
Punjab is expected to procure 132 lakh metric tons wheat, out of which 17.14 lakh metric tons have already been acquired, Chief Secretary Anurag Verma said on Sunday.
Under Tandrust Punjab Mission, surprise checks were conducted on Wednesday in 75 fruit and vegetable markets across the state.
The director, Tandrust Punjab Mission, KS Pannu said teams comprising of the officials of health department and the horticulture department, searched the mandis for rotten and unscientifically ripened fruits and vegetables, unfit for human consumption.
On an aggregate around 113.35 quintal uneatable fruits and vegetables were found and destroyed on the spot, informed Pannu including 40 quintal fruits and vegetables from Amritsar district.
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The fruits and vegetables found unfit for human consumption were to the tune of 2.00 quintals in Ferozepur, 2.10 quintal Mangoes, 1.5 quintals of papaya, 1.30 quintal vegetables in Bathinda, 3.1 quintal fruit vegetables at Rampura Phul, 0.90 quintals in Faridkot, 1.65 quintals in Jagraon and 2.00 quintal in Mansa.
Likewise, 2.50 quintal vegetables and 0.50 quintal fruits in Sardoolgarh, 0.85 quintals of papaya, 0.30 quintals of mango, 1.00 quintals onions and 0.47 quintal tomatoes in Ludhiana, one quintals of papaya at Khanna.
Besides, in Hoshiarpur 7.0 quintals banana, 1.50 quintal pomegranate, in Moga 0.50 quintals of papaya, in Rupnagar 3.60 quintal vegetables, at Anandpur Sahib 1.50 quintals of papaya, at Balachaur 7.00 quintal vegetables, in Batala 0.76 quintal fruits and vegetables and at Patiala 2.30 quintals.
Two quintal potatoes at Phagwara, three quintal vegetables at Patran, 50 kg papaya and 10 kg of Apricots at Kharar, 25 kilograms of mango and 1.00 quintals of potatoes in Sabzi Mandi, Bhawanigarh, one quintals of mango, one quintal banana, 50 kg lemon and 50 kg tomatoes in Sunam, one quintals of cabbage and two quintals gourd at Sirhind and three quintal fruit vegetables in Malerkotla were found uneatable and were destroyed on the spot.
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