More than 55 lakh tonnes of wheat in Punjab is at risk of getting wasted due to unseasonal rains - ChiniMandi

Bathinda: The wheat procurement season in Punjab is nearing its end but unseasonal rains are threatening to ruin more than 55 lakh metric tonnes (LMT) of wheat crop, reports Times of India. As per official data, 122.83 LMT wheat had reached the mandis till May 4. Of this, 121.48 LMT has been procured, with 111.76 LMT by government procurement agencies and 9.71 LMT by private traders. On Sunday alone, 1.31 LMT of fresh stock arrived in the mandis…