He said that since there is no place to store the farmers' rice here, it is stored in the school hall. This year, although the target is 2,000 quintals from this depot, 3,000 quintals are planned to be purchased.
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It has been reported that after the Shantibazaar depot under the Food and Management Trade Center, Rajapur, was filled with rice, the rice has been stored in the school's multipurpose building.
After the food depot in Shantipur was full of rice, it was stored in a hall in the premises of Ekpriya Secondary School, said Chetman Kathayat, information officer of the Food Trade Center. The depot in Shantipur has a building with a capacity to store 1,000 quintals. He said that the rice was stored in the school hall as there was no place for farmers to store it. This year, despite the target of 2,000 quintals, 3,000 quintals will be purchased from this depot. The Food Center has stated that farmers have been waiting for their turn to buy rice for 4/5 days even though the quota has been exhausted. Since the rice was not filled in the weighing area, Geruwa Rural Municipality Chairman Jaman Singh KC said that they have been weighing the rice at the same place and helping to transport it using a municipal tractor. Chairman KC said that the palledar's fee for unloading the load from the depot to the school's multipurpose building was paid at Rs 25 per quintal as per the verbal agreement of the farmers.
The palledar's fee was collected by the employees with the verbal agreement of the farmers' representatives, Geruwa Rural Municipality Chairman KC and other people's representatives.
The food department chief Kamal Pandey said that the government had not provided the money for unloading the load from the depot to the school hall, so the palledar was paid for his labor with the agreement of the farmers and people's representatives.
The Food and Management Trade Center, Rajapur has been purchasing paddy since last Kartik 19. This year, the government has fixed the price of coarse paddy at Rs 3,463.81 and fine paddy at Rs 3,628.33, he said. Bardiya has a quota to purchase 30,000 quintals of rice.
