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The Department of Food has cancelled the licences of 61 rice husking mills in the Rajshahi division for non-compliance with the terms and conditions of their contracts signed between the governments.
Regional Controller of Food Main Uddin told the agency that they cancelled the licences of those who had signed contracts but didn’t supply rice.
Additionally, the owners of 913 other mills received alerts for their non-cooperation in rice procurement activities, reports BSS.
He also said 162 mill owners didn’t supply rice properly despite signing contracts with the government. Thirty of those supplied 80 percent rice and seventy-one supplied 50 percent rice. But 61 mill owners had remained reluctant to supply rice.
Main Uddin said licences of those mill owners who didn’t sign contracts with the government for supplying rice were also cancelled.
The food department had set the target to procure 1,11,263 metric tonnes of boiled rice during the aman rice procurement season of the 2024-2025 fiscal year, but 94,707 tonnes of rice were procured in the division.