Additional Joint Collector, Mr. B. Rama Rao, on Monday, said a special helpline with phone number ‘1077' has been arranged in the Collectorate to address grievances pertaining to paddy procurement. He advised the farmers to bring the discolored paddy to the nearby paddy procurement centers arranged by the Government. Addressing the weekly grievance cell program here, Mr. Rama Rao said majority of farmers were unaware of the prices fixed by the Government to procure discolored paddy. He said there was no value cut for paddy that was discolored up to 10 per cent, but it was in trend for above 10 per cent to up to 50 per cent of discoloring. Mr. Rama Rao said efforts were on to fill up over 1,200 vacancies of anganwadi workers and aayas in the Women and Child Welfare Department and the application forms would be made available through the revenue offices soon. District Revenue Officer Mr. S. Venkata Rao and other officials were present.