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Odisha farmers irked over delay in opening of mandis for rabi crop procurement

May 27, 2025 1 min read
author Anamika Mishra [Sub Editor]
Farmers across Odisha’s Koraput district have raised alarms over the delayed opening of government mandis for rabi crop procurement, even as pre-monsoon rains threaten harvested paddy. Under the Jeypore sub-division, growers in areas like Kundra, Kotpad, and Borigumma have already harvested 20–30% of their paddy but face difficulties due to lack of storage and non-operational mandis. The Koraput district administration had initially scheduled procurement to begin on May 25, as decided in a district-level meeting chaired by Collector V Keerthi Vasan. A robust procurement supply chain and logistics plan was drawn up to operate 73 mandis across the

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