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Facing problem to sell paddy this season? Dial Chhattisgarh police!

The Chhattisgarh police, however, do not have any mechanism to redress their grievances

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A farmer harvests wheat crop at a field in Chandlai village of Jaipur. PTI Photo

R Krishna Das Raipur
Chhattisgarh police have a new assignment; jotting down grievances of the farmers facing problem to sell paddy at the government-owned societies.

Following a huge chunk of paddy damaged in the last one month due to unseasonal rainfall and alleged hardship faced by the farmers to sell the yield, Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel appealed farmers to lodge their grievances in emergency service number 112. Commonly known as Dial 112, the service is managed by the Chhattisgarh police to facilitate complaints of all emergency services in a single number.

The cops, normally recording the complaints related to crime and natural disaster, have