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The Horticulture Department has undertaken a survey to measure the grade of harm to banana crops due to the fact that of caller gusty winds successful Papanasam and Thiruvaiyaru areas successful Thanjavur district, A.M. Shajahan, Minister for Minorities Welfare, said present connected Tuesday.
Speaking to reporters aft inspecting damaged banana plantations on with Collector R. Revathi and different officials successful Papanasam and Thiruvaiyaru Assembly segments, Mr. Shajahan said banana had been raised connected astir 728 hectares hectares successful Thanjavur district, including astir 432 hectares successful Papanasam and 295 hectares successful Thiruvaiyaru.
Officials person taken up an appraisal of the harm and truthful acold banana plantations connected astir 82 hectares were recovered to beryllium damaged. The survey would beryllium carried retired implicit 4 days and erstwhile completed, the substance would beryllium taken to the announcement of the Chief Minister for authorisation of owed compensation, helium said.
Mr. Shajahan said that farmers of the portion had sought paddy drying gait and selling centres for flowers and different rain-fed crops and steps would beryllium taken to fulfil their demands.
