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Tonnes of wheat left to rot in the rain at FCI’s godown in Hapur after UP govt fails to pick it up
Tonnes of wheat left to rot in the rain at FCI’s godown in Hapur after UP govt fails to pick it up. IT IS perhaps the most tragic irony. While thousands of people in the country struggle to manage one square meal a day, tonnes of wheat rot in a godown because of the rain and government apathy. Around 4.5 lakh sacks of wheat estimated to be worth over Rs 25 crore were damaged at the Food Corporation of India ( FCI) godown at Hapur in Ghaziabad. Reason: the stock was unprotected from the downpour in the area in the past few days. Ghaziabad district magistrate ( DM) Hridesh Kumar said: “ We were informed by the public about a huge loss to the wheat stock at the FCI godown. We conducted a check and sent our tehsildaar to ascertain the loss and verify any laxity on the part of officials in managing the wheat that was dumped in the open.” The DM, however, refused to confirm the extent of damage. “ We cannot tell the exact quantity of wheat damaged. It is the FCI’s internal matter. We have
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