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Criminal cases were registered against 11 persons including some millers during the last four days in the State. Some of them were arrested for diversion of paddy stocks allotted to them for custom milling as part of the enforcement surveillance operations stepped up in certain districts

Much of the CMR dues owed to the corporation were for four marketing seasons: Yasangi 2019-20 and 2020-21 and Vanakalam 2021-22 and 2022–23.

Civil Supplies Commissioner, D S Chouhan made it clear that there would not be any scope for waiver of the penalty on the CMR dues.

Allotment of paddy would be made only to those millers who have completed 100 per cent delivery of CMR dues on producing bank guarantee, he said.

"With the special measures initiated to give farmers timely updates on the rain forecast, we could minimise to a maximum extent exposure of paddy to untimely rains," he said.

Additional purchase centres would be opened by assessing the situation where ever the need is felt, and "we will ensure a fair deal to the farmers," corporation officials said.