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Thoothukudi Collector K. Elambahavath connected Thursday expressed concerns astatine the farmers grievance redress gathering that the country nether harvest cultivation country successful the territory was steadily declining.
He assured that indispensable steps would beryllium taken to clasp and summation the cultivation area.
Addressing the farmers, helium said that the regular cultivated country of the territory was 1.67 lakh hectares. The people of the existent fiscal twelvemonth was 2 lakh hectares, but the cultivation has taken spot lone successful astir 1.58 lakh hectares.
Stating that the mean cultivation country of horticultural crops was 41,000 hectares, helium added that the cultivation has been carried retired astatine 45,000 hectares, against the people 54,000 hectares acceptable for this year.
Mr. Elambahavath mentioned that Thoothukudi territory has been identified arsenic 1 of the 100 districts successful the state with debased cultivation productivity. As a effect a peculiar strategy titled Pradan Mantri Dhan Dhanya Krishi Yojana (PMDDKY) has been announced for the district.
He noted that the declining harvest cultivation country was a substance of concern, noting that lone done improved irrigation facilities cultivable country tin beryllium sustained. “Accordingly, it has been decided to conception 1,000 workplace ponds successful the bluish portion of the district, of which 100 workplace ponds person already been completed,” the Collector added.
He urged the farmers to registry with cultivation officers, if they privation to conception workplace ponds connected their lands. “Steps volition beryllium taken to implicit the operation of workplace ponds by May,” the Collector noted.
At the gathering farmers raised respective grievances including the request for subsidies for earthy farming and steps to grow it, compensation for crops damaged by 2024 rains, due compensation for harvest harm caused by chaotic animals, including chaotic boars.
The farmers further highlighted that owed to the damaged sluices astatine Kadambakulam tank, agriculture could not beryllium carried retired successful 300 acres, noting that specified lapses by the Public Works Department are the crushed for the simplification successful irrigated area.
Responding to the concerns Mr. Elambahavath said that indispensable steps would beryllium taken to grow earthy farming. To code the chaotic boar issue, cages were being prepared done the territory wood department, it volition beryllium acceptable by adjacent week and boars volition beryllium trapped connected a proceedings basis. The Collector noted that much cages would beryllium deployed crossed the district, if the inaugural has go successful.
District Revenue Officer A. Ravichandran, District Forest Officer M. Ilayaraja and different officials were present.
