Slow pace of wheat lifting is leading to piling up of stock of the crop in grain markets in the state. So far 65 per cent of total grain that had reached the mandis has been lifted, and Rs 9373 crore paid to the farmers. Among the mandis, Tarn Taran is the worst where only 24.35 per cent of the total grain has been lifted till now, followed by Faridkot with only 41.65 per cent lifting.