Boro paddy procurement drive has been inaugurated at the government food warehouse in Narail directly from the farmers at the price fixed by the government on Monday.
Deputy Commissioner of Narail Muhammad Habibur Rahman inaugurated the paddy procurement programme as the chief guest at Narail Sadar Food warehouse premises which organized by the Sadar Upazila Food Controller's Office.
Narail Municipality Mayor Anjuman Ara, Sadar Upazila Agriculture Officer Md Zahidul Islam Biswas, Sadar Upazila Food Controller Sheikh Monirul Hasan, Social Worker Golam Mortaza Swapan, District Mill Owners Association President Abdul Mannan were present as special guests on the occasion.Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer Salma Selim presided over the programme.
Among others, Sadar OCLSD Tarun Bala, Md. Tajul Islam were present in the time. Earlier, the guests registered at the Narail Sadar Upazila Nirbahi Officer's Office through the farmer's app and selected the farmers through lottery to purchase paddy from the applied farmers.
According to the Upazila Food Controller's Office, a total of 3,075 metric tonnes of Boro paddy will be procured in Sadar Upazila this season at a price of Tk 28 per kg of paddy and Tk 1,080 per mound of paddy.