Hyderabad, May 27: Telangana Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar Today directed the District collectors to expeditiously complete the paddy procurement exercise within next 6-days in view of the expected early arrival monsoon.
As per the directions of Chief Minister K.Chandrashekhar Rao, Somesh Kumar conducted a teleconference with District Collectors to review the arrangements for paddy procurement, vaccination of super-spreader categories and supply/availability of seeds and fertilizers.
During the meeting, the Chief Secretary directed the Collectors to meet the shortage of labour and gunny bags by procuring from the local market.
He advised them to ensure sufficient availability of vehicles for transport of paddy and keep a check on unwarranted cuts being imposed by the millers.
He also directed the Secretary Civil Supplies to ensure smooth and seamless conduct of procurement operations.
The Collectors were further instructed to conduct a detailed review with their District Agriculture Officers and ensure sufficient availability of seeds/fertilizers at the point of sale.
With regard to the vaccination drive proposed for super spreader categories, the Collectors were informed to strictly follow the line list and limit vaccination to the categories decided by the Government.
Further, they were also directed to carefully ensure administration of only Covishield vaccine to these categories.
The teleconference was attended by Health Secretary SAM Rizvi, Agriculture Secretary M Raghunandnan Rao and Civil Supplies Commissioner V Anil Kumar.(UNI)