Paddy farmers in Khammam protested after the district supply officer halted unloading at Konijerla’s Raju Rice Mill, citing milling limits. Waiting four days, farmers faced losses. The protest ended when officials allowed unloading
The district houses 19 boiled rice mills and 35 raw rice mills, assigned to mill 1.39 lakh metric tonnes of paddy procured by organizations like MEPMA, IKP, PACS, and DCMS during Vanakalam-2023. So far, they have returned 61,467 metric tonnes of rice out of the 94,057 metric tonne target, with 32,589 metric tonnes still pending for delivery.
Several rice mills in Khammam have defaulted on delivering huge quantities of custom milled rice (CMR) to the government and are found to have diverted the rice.
Karimnagar: A rice mill operator, Jangili Srinivas, 45, died after falling into the boiler of a rice mill in Manakondur mandal headquarters on Thursday morning. Srinivas, who was working as an operator with Parameshwara rice mill, slipped and fell into the boiler while he was checking it. He died on the spot. Manakondur SI Thirupathi […]
A Task Force team raided an illegal Vengamamba rice mill at Enugallu village of Parvathagiri mandal, and seized 350 quintals of PDS rice worth Rs 9.10 lakh on Saturday.
Jagtial: Jagtial police on Friday conducted raids in a rice mill and seized 700 quintal of PDS rice stored illegally. Based on reliable information, Jagtial police led by DSP Prakash conducted checking in Hanuman Rice Mill located in Raghuramulakota of Jagtial rural mandal and found 700 quintals of PDS rice stored illegally. Besides taking rice […]
