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Central authorities teams visited Thanjavur, Pudukkottai, and Tiruchi districts connected Sunday to measure the moisture contented successful paddy stocks pursuing continuous rainfall nether the power of the Northeast monsoon. Farmers crossed the Cauvery delta person urged the teams to guarantee the merchandise of the moisture contented relaxation study without hold to facilitate creaseless procurement.
State’s petition
The sojourn comes aft the Tamil Nadu authorities requested the Centre for support to procure paddy with a moisture level of up to 22%, citing the interaction of the rain.
A team, led by P.K. Singh, Deputy Director of the Indian Grain Storage Management and Research Institute, Ludhiana, on with Technical Officers Shobhit Siwach and Rakesh Barala, inspected the Aalakkudi direct procurement centre in Thanjavur district successful the morning. Samples were collected from the paddy bags.
Farmers gathered astatine the tract urged the officials to merchandise the study astatine the earliest. “Every twelvemonth during the ‘Kuruvai’ and ‘Samba’ seasons, the moisture level rises owing to the rain. But determination is ever a hold successful decision-making. This time, we privation the study to beryllium released immediately,” a husbandman said.
Senior officials, including Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) Managing Director A. Annadurai and Collector P. Priyanka Pankajam, accompanied the team, which besides visited the procurement centres at Raramuthirai Kottai, Telungan Kudikaadu, and Keel Koilpathu.
Another squad held inspections in Tiruchi district, starting with Valadi taluk. It visited procurement centres at Valadi, Poovalur, Komangudi, and Koppavalli. The team, comprising R.K. Shahi, Deputy Director (S&R), Department of Food and Public Distribution, and Technical Officers Rahul Sharma and Tanij Sharma, interacted with officials and farmers, inspected stocks, and collected samples. Officials of the TNCSC and the territory medication accompanied them. The aforesaid squad went to Pudukkottai in the day and inspected the procurement centres at Kallakottai, Banduvakottai, Raghunathapuram, Thattamanipatti, and Kulathur Nayakarpalli in Gandarvakkottai taluk. It assessed the moisture level successful the paddy, analysed procurement delays, and recorded farmers’ concerns.
Common demand
In each 3 districts, farmers made a communal demand: that the Centre authorise the State authorities to determine connected moisture contented relaxation due to the fact that the hold successful the Centre’s support affected procurement and their livelihood.
With astir 6.5 lakh acres of ‘Kuruvai’ paddy cultivated successful the delta this twelvemonth and 80% of the harvest completed, thousands of tonnes of paddy has been lying successful the unfastened for weeks due to the fact that of inadequate transport. The rainfall has accrued the moisture level to supra 17%.
