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Around 5,000 tonnes of paddy has been procured done 36 paddy nonstop procurement centres successful the territory since January, Collector R. Sukumar has informed.
Chairing the farmers’ monthly grievances redress gathering held connected Friday, helium said agri and horticultural crops had been raised connected 24,731 hectares – an summation of 212 hectare much than the country covered during the play betwixt January and September, 2024 - during this year, adjacent though the territory had received shortage rainfall till September. It was imaginable owed to the comfy retention level successful the dams. Hence, the territory medication opened nonstop paddy procurement centres astatine 36 places crossed the district, which had truthful acold procured 4,999 tonnes of paddy from 679 farmers.
Agriculturist and vice-president of Nainarkulam Farmers’ Association Murugan said farmers had raised paddy astatine Nainarkulam, Kandigaiperi, Puthukkulam, Ramaiyanpatti, Azhaganeri and Thenpathu village,s which would beryllium acceptable for harvest successful different 30 days. Hence, the Collector should instruct the officials acrophobic to unfastened a procurement centre for buying the paddy to beryllium harvested successful these villages.
“An amerciable paddy procurement centre functioning astatine Ramaiyapatti is present buying the paddy adjacent though nary harvest is going connected determination now. Hence, the Collector should bid an enquiry into this,” Mr. Murugan said.
Coordinator of Tamirabharani – Karumeniyar - Nambiyar Farmers’ Associations Maha Pauldurai said the diversion check-dam astatine Kariyandi beyond Moolaikaraipatti could divert 3,200 cusecs of h2o to Vijayanarayanam, Nambiyar and Karumaeniyar lone if 3,500 cusecs of floodwater was released successful the flood bearer transmission starting astatine Vellankuzhi. Since the aged span adjacent Kallidaikurichi was obstructing the travel of Tamirabharni floodwater into the flood bearer channel, lone 1,000 cusecs of h2o would scope Kariyandi and hence Vijayanarayanam, Nambiyar and Karumeniyar would not get h2o arsenic per the design.
Hence, the aged span should beryllium razed down earlier the onset of northeast monsoon to summation the travel of Tamirabharani surplus h2o into the flood bearer channel, Mr. Maha Pauldurai said.
The Collector asked the officials to inspect the spot and demolish the aged bridge.
Farmer Abraham of Kanarpatti, portion welcoming the Union Government’s GST restructuring, appealed to the Collector to urge to the Centre to exempt the workplace instrumentality from GST.
After accepting the entreaty from husbandman Ilosious of Thuraiyur, Mr. Sukumar ordered the officials to region the encroachments successful Chinthankulam adjacent Thuraiyoor.
On the digitisation of the farmers’ holdings, the Collector informed that 27,638 PM Kisan and 12,981 different farmers’ details had been uploaded till September 22 last.
“Since the farmers, who person uploaded these accusation unsocial tin get the Union Government’s payment assistances, I entreaty to each the agriculturists to upload the accusation astir their lands with applicable details,” helium said.
On the desilting of irrigation channels nether the Tamirabharani and Chittar Basins, the Collector said the 53.45 km of main channels and 30.21 km-long organisation channels successful Tamirabharani Basin had been desilted. Similar enactment had been completed successful the Ervadi Uppar Odai (3 km), Saaralkulam and Vazhuthurkulam surplus h2o transmission nether Gadananadhi (3.50 Km), Vellodai nether Gadananadhi (2.50 Km) and Radhapuram Channel (21.80 Km) nether Gothaiyar Basin.
When the farmers appealed to the Collector to expedite the granting of support for taking silt from the adust irrigation tanks, Dr. Sukumar said 2,372 farmers had been fixed support for taking silt from 755 irrigation tanks successful the territory portion 3,410 applications were received. Hence, the remaining applications were nether scrutiny, helium said.
Informing that subordinate farmers that the Union Government had fixed the Tirunelveli agriculturists to insure paddy and plantain crops during the existent fiscal, the Collector said lone 192 farmers unsocial had insured their crops and urged others to wage the premium earlier the deadlines. He besides said 4,318.41 crore arsenic harvest indebtedness and ₹17.50 crore for cattle rearing indebtedness had been fixed during this fiscal.
District Revenue Officer M. Suganya was present
