Bhubaneswar, Dec. 19 -- In view of the Kharif paddy procurement season 2025-26 and possible illegal movement of paddy, Mayurbhanj Collector Hema Kanta Say has written to District SP Varun Guntupalli, directing the deployment of armed police personnel at check posts along the Odisha-Jharkhand and Odisha-West Bengal borders.

In the letter dated December 18, the Collector cited apprehensions of illegal movement of paddy from neighbouring districts of Jharkhand and West Bengal into Mayurbhanj. The farmers and traders may attempt to send paddy into Odisha as the Minimum Support Price is higher compared to the adjoining states.

To prevent such illegal movement, the Collector has proposed the functioning of check posts on several connecting ro...