Chaos prevailed at Kubheer mandal centre in Nirmal district through the distribution of tokens for jowar procurement. Farmers queued in a single day to safe tokens, whereas some girls sustained accidents through the rush. Growers demanded higher preparations and extra counters
Revealed Date – 6 June 2026, 05:06 PM
Nirmal: The method of issuing tokens to farmers to allow them to promote jowar resulted in chaos at Kubheer mandal centre on Saturday. On studying that tokens can be issued from Saturday, farmers from a number of villages fashioned lengthy queues at three counters on the workplace of Indira Kranthi Pathakam from Friday night and stayed awake all night time. Officers started issuing tokens at 9.30 am, and people standing in queues began jostling with each other, resulting in accidents to some girls farmers.
The farmers expressed dissatisfaction over the poor preparations for issuing the tokens. They regretted that they have been struggling to acquire the tokens. They mentioned they have been being compelled to promote jowar to non-public merchants because of the delay in issuance of the tokens, leading to losses in cultivation of the crop. They recalled that procurement was a clean affair through the BRS regime.
They said that merchants have been providing Rs 2,200 per quintal in opposition to the minimal assist worth of Rs 3,700 mounted by the federal government. They requested officers to rearrange extra counters for issuing tokens to keep away from inconvenience to growers. They mentioned they have been left with no choice however to face in queues at night time, dealing with the specter of snake bites. Officers mentioned that the world underneath jowar cultivation in Kubheer mandal was 10,200 acres, whereas the yield was anticipated to be 15,000 tonnes. Kubheer is the biggest producer of jowar within the district.
