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Even as the highest ever harvest of wheat and rice is expected this year, callous administration is leading to rice literally going up in smoke in the Punjab. Tens of thousands of tons of rice stocked for the last five years in the open have now caught fire at a Punjab Agro storage area in Khamano, a large procurement market.&lt;br /&gt;
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An incensed Supreme Court had in 2010 said if the government cannot store grain in suitable facilities it should distribute it free to the needy. However, that anger seems to have fallen on deaf ears as thousands of tons of rice stored in the open at Khamano Mandi on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana National Highway has been reduced to ashes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;
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Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it&#039;s going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Union Ministry of Agriculture had in early February estimated that the 2010-11 harvest of foodgrains will be at 2,321 lakh tonnes, the second highest of all time. Of this, the rice harvest was estimated at 940 lakh tonnes and wheat at 815 lakh tones.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government&amp;rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is only an indicative target and can rise if harvests are higher. Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer affairs KV Thomas said that the Centre Government is planning to increase food grain storage capacity in Punjab and Haryana by 150 lakh tons, including 50 lakh tons in Punjab and 35 lakh tones in Haryana. He also said that not much grain has gone waste.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
MOS, food and consumer affairs KV Thomas said &amp;quot;His statement that lakhs and lakhs of grain is rotting is not correct. You can yourself verify. But I understand there is some quantity which is left open and we are taking all adequate measure to improve the storage.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center&amp;rsquo;s responsibility to lift the grain stock.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chairman, Punjab Agro Sharanjit Dhillon said, &amp;quot;It is the Center&amp;rsquo;s job to lift the stock. What can we do if stock is not being lifted?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Even as passing the buck and plans for the future continue to be laid out, grain is still rotting away in large quantities in the grain bowl of the country.
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&lt;br /&gt;
Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it&#039;s going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government&amp;rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center&amp;rsquo;s responsibility to lift the grain stock.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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An incensed Supreme Court had in 2010 said if the government cannot store grain in suitable facilities it should distribute it free to the needy. However, that anger seems to have fallen on deaf ears as thousands of tons of rice stored in the open at Khamano Mandi on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana National Highway has been reduced to ashes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.&lt;br /&gt;
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Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.&lt;br /&gt;
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One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..&lt;br /&gt;
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The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it&#039;s going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;
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Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Union Ministry of Agriculture had in early February estimated that the 2010-11 harvest of foodgrains will be at 2,321 lakh tonnes, the second highest of all time. Of this, the rice harvest was estimated at 940 lakh tonnes and wheat at 815 lakh tones.&lt;br /&gt;
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This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government&amp;rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.&lt;br /&gt;
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This is only an indicative target and can rise if harvests are higher. Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer affairs KV Thomas said that the Centre Government is planning to increase food grain storage capacity in Punjab and Haryana by 150 lakh tons, including 50 lakh tons in Punjab and 35 lakh tones in Haryana. He also said that not much grain has gone waste.&lt;br /&gt;
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Even as the highest ever harvest of wheat and rice is expected this year, callous administration is leading to rice literally going up in smoke in the Punjab. Tens of thousands of tons of rice stocked for the last five years in the open have now caught fire at a Punjab Agro storage area in Khamano, a large procurement market.&lt;br /&gt;
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An incensed Supreme Court had in 2010 said if the government cannot store grain in suitable facilities it should distribute it free to the needy. However, that anger seems to have fallen on deaf ears as thousands of tons of rice stored in the open at Khamano Mandi on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana National Highway has been reduced to ashes.&lt;br /&gt;
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Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.&lt;br /&gt;
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Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.&lt;br /&gt;
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Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.&lt;br /&gt;
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One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..&lt;br /&gt;
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The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it&#039;s going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;
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Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.&lt;br /&gt;
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Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.&lt;br /&gt;
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Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Union Ministry of Agriculture had in early February estimated that the 2010-11 harvest of foodgrains will be at 2,321 lakh tonnes, the second highest of all time. Of this, the rice harvest was estimated at 940 lakh tonnes and wheat at 815 lakh tones.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government&amp;rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is only an indicative target and can rise if harvests are higher. Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer affairs KV Thomas said that the Centre Government is planning to increase food grain storage capacity in Punjab and Haryana by 150 lakh tons, including 50 lakh tons in Punjab and 35 lakh tones in Haryana. He also said that not much grain has gone waste.&lt;br /&gt;
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MOS, food and consumer affairs KV Thomas said &amp;quot;His statement that lakhs and lakhs of grain is rotting is not correct. You can yourself verify. But I understand there is some quantity which is left open and we are taking all adequate measure to improve the storage.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center&amp;rsquo;s responsibility to lift the grain stock.&lt;br /&gt;
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Chairman, Punjab Agro Sharanjit Dhillon said, &amp;quot;It is the Center&amp;rsquo;s job to lift the stock. What can we do if stock is not being lifted?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
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Even as passing the buck and plans for the future continue to be laid out, grain is still rotting away in large quantities in the grain bowl of the country.
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Even as the highest ever harvest of wheat and rice is expected this year, callous administration is leading to rice literally going up in smoke in the Punjab. Tens of thousands of tons of rice stocked for the last five years in the open have now caught fire at a Punjab Agro storage area in Khamano, a large procurement market.&lt;br /&gt;
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An incensed Supreme Court had in 2010 said if the government cannot store grain in suitable facilities it should distribute it free to the needy. However, that anger seems to have fallen on deaf ears as thousands of tons of rice stored in the open at Khamano Mandi on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana National Highway has been reduced to ashes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.&lt;br /&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;
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Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it&#039;s going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The Union Ministry of Agriculture had in early February estimated that the 2010-11 harvest of foodgrains will be at 2,321 lakh tonnes, the second highest of all time. Of this, the rice harvest was estimated at 940 lakh tonnes and wheat at 815 lakh tones.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government&amp;rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is only an indicative target and can rise if harvests are higher. Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer affairs KV Thomas said that the Centre Government is planning to increase food grain storage capacity in Punjab and Haryana by 150 lakh tons, including 50 lakh tons in Punjab and 35 lakh tones in Haryana. He also said that not much grain has gone waste.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
MOS, food and consumer affairs KV Thomas said &amp;quot;His statement that lakhs and lakhs of grain is rotting is not correct. You can yourself verify. But I understand there is some quantity which is left open and we are taking all adequate measure to improve the storage.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center&amp;rsquo;s responsibility to lift the grain stock.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chairman, Punjab Agro Sharanjit Dhillon said, &amp;quot;It is the Center&amp;rsquo;s job to lift the stock. What can we do if stock is not being lifted?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even as passing the buck and plans for the future continue to be laid out, grain is still rotting away in large quantities in the grain bowl of the country.
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&lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;
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&amp;nbsp;
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Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it&#039;s going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;br /&gt;
This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
The government&amp;rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
This is only an indicative target and can rise if harvests are higher. Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer affairs KV Thomas said that the Centre Government is planning to increase food grain storage capacity in Punjab and Haryana by 150 lakh tons, including 50 lakh tons in Punjab and 35 lakh tones in Haryana. He also said that not much grain has gone waste.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
MOS, food and consumer affairs KV Thomas said &amp;quot;His statement that lakhs and lakhs of grain is rotting is not correct. You can yourself verify. But I understand there is some quantity which is left open and we are taking all adequate measure to improve the storage.&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center&amp;rsquo;s responsibility to lift the grain stock.&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Chairman, Punjab Agro Sharanjit Dhillon said, &amp;quot;It is the Center&amp;rsquo;s job to lift the stock. What can we do if stock is not being lifted?&amp;quot;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Even as passing the buck and plans for the future continue to be laid out, grain is still rotting away in large quantities in the grain bowl of the country.
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Even as the highest ever harvest of wheat and rice is expected this year, callous administration is leading to rice literally going up in smoke in the Punjab. Tens of thousands of tons of rice stocked for the last five years in the open have now caught fire at a Punjab Agro storage area in Khamano, a large procurement market.<br />
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Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.<br />
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Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.<br />
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Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.<br />
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One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..<br />
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The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it's going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.<br />
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Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.<br />
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Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.<br />
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Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.<br />
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The Union Ministry of Agriculture had in early February estimated that the 2010-11 harvest of foodgrains will be at 2,321 lakh tonnes, the second highest of all time. Of this, the rice harvest was estimated at 940 lakh tonnes and wheat at 815 lakh tones.<br />
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This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.<br />
<br />
The government&rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.<br />
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Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center&rsquo;s responsibility to lift the grain stock.<br />
<br />
Chairman, Punjab Agro Sharanjit Dhillon said, &quot;It is the Center&rsquo;s job to lift the stock. What can we do if stock is not being lifted?&quot;<br />
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Even as the highest ever harvest of wheat and rice is expected this year, callous administration is leading to rice literally going up in smoke in the Punjab. Tens of thousands of tons of rice stocked for the last five years in the open have now caught fire at a Punjab Agro storage area in Khamano, a large procurement market.<br />
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&nbsp;
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An incensed Supreme Court had in 2010 said if the government cannot store grain in suitable facilities it should distribute it free to the needy. However, that anger seems to have fallen on deaf ears as thousands of tons of rice stored in the open at Khamano Mandi on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana National Highway has been reduced to ashes.<br />
<br />
Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.<br />
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&nbsp;
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Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.<br />
<br />
Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.<br />
<br />
One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..<br />
<br />
The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it's going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.<br />
<br />
Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.<br />
<br />
Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.<br />
<br />
Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.<br />
<br />
The Union Ministry of Agriculture had in early February estimated that the 2010-11 harvest of foodgrains will be at 2,321 lakh tonnes, the second highest of all time. Of this, the rice harvest was estimated at 940 lakh tonnes and wheat at 815 lakh tones.<br />
<br />
This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.<br />
<br />
The government&rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.<br />
<br />
This is only an indicative target and can rise if harvests are higher. Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer affairs KV Thomas said that the Centre Government is planning to increase food grain storage capacity in Punjab and Haryana by 150 lakh tons, including 50 lakh tons in Punjab and 35 lakh tones in Haryana. He also said that not much grain has gone waste.<br />
<br />
MOS, food and consumer affairs KV Thomas said &quot;His statement that lakhs and lakhs of grain is rotting is not correct. You can yourself verify. But I understand there is some quantity which is left open and we are taking all adequate measure to improve the storage.&quot;<br />
<br />
Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center&rsquo;s responsibility to lift the grain stock.<br />
<br />
Chairman, Punjab Agro Sharanjit Dhillon said, &quot;It is the Center&rsquo;s job to lift the stock. What can we do if stock is not being lifted?&quot;<br />
<br />
Even as passing the buck and plans for the future continue to be laid out, grain is still rotting away in large quantities in the grain bowl of the country.
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Even as the highest ever harvest of wheat and rice is expected this year, callous administration is leading to rice literally going up in smoke in the Punjab. Tens of thousands of tons of rice stocked for the last five...'
$disp = '<div align="justify">Even as the highest ever harvest of wheat and rice is expected this year, callous administration is leading to rice literally going up in smoke in the Punjab. Tens of thousands of tons of rice stocked for the last five years in the open have now caught fire at a Punjab Agro storage area in Khamano, a large procurement market.<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">An incensed Supreme Court had in 2010 said if the government cannot store grain in suitable facilities it should distribute it free to the needy. However, that anger seems to have fallen on deaf ears as thousands of tons of rice stored in the open at Khamano Mandi on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana National Highway has been reduced to ashes.<br /><br />Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.<br /></div><div align="justify">&nbsp;</div><div align="justify">Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire.<br /><br />Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate.<br /><br />One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage..<br /><br />The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it's going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010.<br /><br />Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here.<br /><br />Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana.<br /><br />Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat.<br /><br />The Union Ministry of Agriculture had in early February estimated that the 2010-11 harvest of foodgrains will be at 2,321 lakh tonnes, the second highest of all time. Of this, the rice harvest was estimated at 940 lakh tonnes and wheat at 815 lakh tones.<br /><br />This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use.<br /><br />The government&rsquo;s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes.<br /><br />This is only an indicative target and can rise if harvests are higher. Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer affairs KV Thomas said that the Centre Government is planning to increase food grain storage capacity in Punjab and Haryana by 150 lakh tons, including 50 lakh tons in Punjab and 35 lakh tones in Haryana. He also said that not much grain has gone waste.<br /><br />MOS, food and consumer affairs KV Thomas said &quot;His statement that lakhs and lakhs of grain is rotting is not correct. You can yourself verify. But I understand there is some quantity which is left open and we are taking all adequate measure to improve the storage.&quot;<br /><br />Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center&rsquo;s responsibility to lift the grain stock.<br /><br />Chairman, Punjab Agro Sharanjit Dhillon said, &quot;It is the Center&rsquo;s job to lift the stock. What can we do if stock is not being lifted?&quot;<br /><br />Even as passing the buck and plans for the future continue to be laid out, grain is still rotting away in large quantities in the grain bowl of the country.</div>'
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Rice left to burn in the open in Punjab godown by Jyoti Kamal

Even as the highest ever harvest of wheat and rice is expected this year, callous administration is leading to rice literally going up in smoke in the Punjab. Tens of thousands of tons of rice stocked for the last five years in the open have now caught fire at a Punjab Agro storage area in Khamano, a large procurement market.   An incensed Supreme Court had in 2010 said if the government cannot store grain in suitable facilities it should distribute it free to the needy. However, that anger seems to have fallen on deaf ears as thousands of tons of rice stored in the open at Khamano Mandi on the Chandigarh-Ludhiana National Highway has been reduced to ashes. Inadequate wheat storage had been highlighted in 2010 as grain rotted away in the Punjab in the open and also thousands of tons were submerged underwater in Haryana. This year it the turn of rice to go waste.   Khamano residents informed that the rice grain had been stored for the last five years in the open and there had been no lifting of the stock. Over the years the rice gradually rotted away, and now with the summers the rotting grain has caught fire. Even as mountains of rice smolder away, there are tens of thousands tons more of rice in an area of more than a kilometer which is likely to meet a similar fate. One would have thought after the wrath by Supreme Court in 2010, one would have thought that things would improve but have not improved just yet. Just three lakh tonnes of additional storage capacity have been added, while additional fifty lakh tonnes is expected to at the mandi. The grain will start to rot in the monsoon as it starts to rain because of open storage.. The perfect storm is to created for Several reasons. One of which is, it's going to be a bumper crop this time much more than it was in 2010. Secondly, railway racks are not available to move the grain from here. Thirdly, the grain consuming states like Madhya Pradesh and Orrisa have become self-sufficient. They no longer want the grain from the Punjab and Haryana. Fourth, there is a ban on export of wheat. The Union Ministry of Agriculture had in early February estimated that the 2010-11 harvest of foodgrains will be at 2,321 lakh tonnes, the second highest of all time. Of this, the rice harvest was estimated at 940 lakh tonnes and wheat at 815 lakh tones. This bumper harvest is likely to pose significant storage challenges. As of mid-February, the total effective capacity available for storage stood at less than 300 lakh tonnes of which more than 75 per cent was in use. The government’s food grain procurement target for the upcoming season is of 263 lakh tonnes. This is only an indicative target and can rise if harvests are higher. Union Minister of State for Food and Consumer affairs KV Thomas said that the Centre Government is planning to increase food grain storage capacity in Punjab and Haryana by 150 lakh tons, including 50 lakh tons in Punjab and 35 lakh tones in Haryana. He also said that not much grain has gone waste. MOS, food and consumer affairs KV Thomas said "His statement that lakhs and lakhs of grain is rotting is not correct. You can yourself verify. But I understand there is some quantity which is left open and we are taking all adequate measure to improve the storage." Plans may be getting laid for the future but for now the storage scenario in Punjab and Haryana is bleak. The Punjab government is passing the buck saying it is the center’s responsibility to lift the grain stock. Chairman, Punjab Agro Sharanjit Dhillon said, "It is the Center’s job to lift the stock. What can we do if stock is not being lifted?" Even as passing the buck and plans for the future continue to be laid out, grain is still rotting away in large quantities in the grain bowl of the country.