The Food and Logistics Trade Center had previously arranged for farmers who came to sell rice to enter and use tokens, but now they are being allowed to leave them on the road, causing a traffic jam.
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Binod Tharu Tharu, a farmer from Tighra in Rajapur Municipality-3, reaches the main gate of the Food and Management Trade Center Rajapur at 4 am on Wednesday. He has spent three nights and four days sitting in the rice-selling stall. But he has not received his turn.
Like him, Pantu Tharu of Rajapur Municipality-3, Prayagpur said that he had spent three nights on the road but his turn had not come. Hundreds of farmers have been sitting in wagons and tractors for about 1 km outside the Food Trade Center in Rajapur in a row to sell paddy.
Farmers who had previously come to sell paddy under the Food and Management Trade Center were allowed to enter and have tokens, but now they are allowed to keep them on the road. Due to which the road has become like a jam.
Farmers who have come to sell paddy have complained that they are spending money on food and snacks while waiting for their turn for 3/4 days. Some farmers, unable to meet their expenses, have sold paddy to traders for Rs 400 less than the price of the food. Pantu Tharu said that they were forced to sell 1 quintal of paddy cheaply after waiting for a long time and did not have money to eat.
Farmers from Kailali have also come here to sell paddy. Jiwan Tharu of Kailali Tikapur Municipality said that it took 3 hours to reach Bayalgada at 2 am on Wednesday. He said that even though he came to the Food Management Office, Rajapur to sell paddy, he did not get his turn until Friday evening.
Farmers like him come here daily in trucks and tractors to sell paddy. The grain trader has been buying up to Rs 2,700 per quintal of coarse paddy. The farmer said that he used to buy up to Rs 3,100 for medium paddy.
When buying paddy, the food bank takes a lot of time to complete the procedures, including quality and recommendations from the ward office, which leads to delays in the purchase process, said farmer Lautan Tharu of Rajapur-1. Tharu said that even though he was late, the farmer got a better price than the trader when selling to the food bank. ‘We have come to sell paddy from a distance of about three kilometers in the cold of the morning,’ he said, ‘The process of selling paddy is complicated.’
Like him, Nachu Chaudhary, a farmer from Rajapur-6, said that the government sent the money late and he had to face hardships when he came to sell paddy due to the increasing cold. He said that when he came to the food center in the dark of the morning, others would line up and rush to enter the main gate. ‘Once inside, we had to spend a lot of time waiting for our turn,’ he said, ‘It has become difficult to come to sell the paddy that we have grown with hard work throughout the year.’
The Food and Trade Management Center, Rajapur, has been purchasing paddy since October 19. The Food and Trade Center has reported that it has purchased 1,950 quintals more paddy as of Friday evening. The Food Center will purchase 30,000 quintals of paddy this year, said Information Officer Chetman Kathayat.
This year, the government has fixed the price of coarse rice at Rs 3,463.81 and fine rice at Rs 3,628.33.
