Raipur, 29 November 2021.Yashwant Kumar Sahu, Manager of the cooperative society Peeparchhedi, has been suspended. Chief Executive Officer of District Co-operative Central Bank, Durg has suspended the Manager for negligence in distribution of tokens to the farmers for paddy procurement.
It is noteworthy that Government has issued guidelines to distribute tokens to the farmers for systematic procurement of paddy at support price in the cooperative societies and procurement centers from December 1. Societies have been directed to distribute tokens as per their daily capacity of paddy procurement. Peeperchhedi Society Manager Yashwant Kumar Sahu has been negligent towards these instructions. The Manager had called the farmers of villages under Peeperchhedi society for token distribution on November 29, 2021 which led to overcrowding and mismanagement at the society.
As soon as this mismanagement and overcrowding at Cooperative Society Peeparchhedi was reported, Collector Mr. Janmejay Mahobe and SP Mr. Sadanand Kumar reached the spot and inspected the paddy procurement arrangements. Collector informed that the farmers, who were injured due to overcrowding and chaos, have been discharged after first aid and their conditions are normal.
