Hyderabad, May 14 -- Telangana Minister for Revenue and Housing Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy on Thursday, May 14, ordered officials to take strict action against anyone indulging in malpractice during paddy procurement in the state.

He was visiting the paddy procurement centre set up in Paleru, Khammam district, along with Civil Supplies Minister Uttam Kumar Reddy and District Collector Divakara.

Interacting with the farmers, the ministers asked them about problems faced during paddy procurement. They also enquired about issues being faced with the support price, transparency in weighing, availability of gunny bags, and implementation of transporting procured paddy to mills.

When farmers flagged a shortage of lorries for transporting the p...