Deputy Commissioner (DC) Vipul Ujwal and Hoshiarpur MLA Sundar Sham Arora inaugurated the wheat procurement at the grain the market here on Apr 17. MLA Arora said the Punjab Government was committed to ensure a smooth and hassle-free procurement of wheat in the ongoing season to facilitate farmers. He said the state government would lift every single grain of wheat during the ongoing marketing season so that the farmers did not suffer any loss. The DC said utmost care was being taken in the procurement of wheat in the grain markets across the district and all efforts were being made to ensure a smooth, hassle-free and quick procurement of wheat . He issued instructions to make appropriate arrangements of power, sheds for the farmers, portable water supply and equipment to monitor the quality of wheat at each procurement centre. The DC said arrangements had been made for the procurement of about 3,28,554 lakh metric tonne of wheat expected in the district this year.