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District Collector Sibi Adhithya Senthil Kumar inspected sugarcane fields successful Pathirakottai earmarked for procurement of canes for usage successful Pongal acquisition hampers slated for organisation done just terms outlets successful the district.
In Cuddalore district, 7,85,994 ration paper holders are eligible for the acquisition hampers. The hampers volition see 1 kg each of earthy atom and sugar, a sugarcane and ₹3,000 successful cash. Each cane has been priced astatine ₹38.
On Tuesday, the Collector visited sugarcane fields astatine Pathirakottai to cheque the prime of cane.
He said the procurement of sugarcane would beryllium recorded successful the owed format and payments would beryllium straight credited to the accounts of the farmers. Block-level committees person been constituted for the procurement of sugarcane that would beryllium fixed with each pongal hamper.
Cautioning farmers against being duped by middlemen, helium urged them to beryllium alert of the details of officials engaged successful the procurement process.
