Wardha: The cotton corporation of India (CCI) has expressed its readiness to expedite the cotton procurement process in the district by expanding procurement centres and providing graders.
On Tuesday, CCI also published an advertisement for the tender process for opening new centres at Hinganghat and Samudrapur.
The decision was taken at a meeting convened on late Monday evening by guardian minister Sunil Kedar, MLA Ranjeet Kamble and CCI general manager Ajay Kumar.
Gin owners, graders and representatives of agriculture produce marketing committees (APMC) were also present.
Cotton needs to be procured before the onset of monsoon. Kedar told officers and gin owners that the issue of procurement would not be resolved unless everyone works together.
New centres are needed at Rohna, Arvi, Kharangana, Karanja, Selu, Samudrapur, Hinganghat (2) and Wardha (2). Apart from the existing 8 centres, CCI officials also expressed readiness to start the process of setting up these 10 new centres immediately. Private gin owners would also participate in the process.
