Cotton procurement stalled in erstwhile Karimnagar

Karimnagar: Cotton procurement in the erstwhile Karimnagar district has come to a standstill from Monday, with ginning mills opposing the Cotton Corporation of India’s (CCI) new guidelines issued recently.

According to its new guidelines, the CCI has decided to allocate serial numbers — like L-1, L-2, L-3 and so on — depending on the capacity of mills and procure cotton according to the serial number.

If the procurement was taken up one after another, there would not be



cotton left for purchasing in the ginning mills that were allocated last numbers, millers opined and stopped the procurement opposing the CCI decision.

The procurement process in all 11 ginning mills located in the erstwhile Karimnagar district has been stalled since Monday morning.

Officials expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved by afternoon as the CCI officials were discussing it with ginning mills owners.