Wheat procurement reaches 10 lakh tonnes in Haryana

Over 10 lakh tonnes of wheat has arrived in Haryana with crop arrivals picking pace in the current procurement season.
A Food and Supplies Department official said government agencies have procured 9,91,851 tonnes of wheat.
He said Food and Supplies Department procured 3.40 lakh tonnes of wheat, HAFED 2.82 lakh tonnes, Agro Industries Corporation 81,923 tonnes, Haryana Warehousing Corp 1.10 lakh tonnes, CONFED 18,589 tonnes and Food Corporation of India 1.58 lakh tonnes during current procurement season so far.
He said that district Karnal is leading in the wheat arrival where 1.79 lakh tonnes of wheat has arrived in the mandis, followed by Kaithal 1.66 lakh tonnes.

Similarly, in Kurukshetra 1.14 lakh tonnes wheat arrived, followed by Sonipat 98,974 tonnes, Faridabad 54,518 tonnes, Panipat 52,358 tonnes, Ambala 40,947 tonnes, Jhajjar 22,283 tonnes, Rohtak 22,283 tonnes and Gurgaon 13,755 tonnes.