Haryana has recorded second highest arrival of wheat this season as over 65.55 lakh tonne of wheat has already arrived in the various mandis of the state as against total arrival of 63.61 lakh tonne during the last year.
The highest wheat arrival of 69.24 lakh tonne was recorded in the year 2009-10.
The state had already surpassed its wheat arrival target of 65 lakh tonne set for the current season, an official spokesman said here today.
Out of the total arrival of wheat, over 65.51 lakh tonne of wheat has been purchased by the government procuring agencies and the rest 4,084 tonne by the traders, he added.
Giving details of the wheat procured by the government agencies, he said that over 22.98 lakh tonne of wheat had been purchased by HAFED, over 17.16 lakh tonne by Food and Supplies Department, over 8.08 lakh tonne by Food Corporation of India, over 6.58 lakh tonne by Haryana Agro Industries Corporation, over 5.93 lakh tonne by Haryana Warehousing Corporation and over 4.76 lakh tonne by CONFED.
District Sirsa was leading in wheat arrival where over 9.34 lakh tonne of wheat had so far arrived in the mandis, followed by district Fatehabad, where over 6.68 lakh tonne of wheat had arrived in the mandis.