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Farmers successful the occidental portion wherever rainfed areas wholly trust connected h2o pumped from wells for irrigation person expressed dismay implicit the hold connected the portion of the Tamil Nadu Power Distribution Corporation successful providing powerfulness transportation for applicants nether the tatkal scheme.
Several thousands of farmers person been waiting for the powerfulness transportation to their pumpsets since 2020 erstwhile the strategy was announced during the AIADMK regime. The magnitude was fixed astatine ₹2.5 lakh for 5 hp motors, ₹2.75 lakh for 7.5 hp, ₹3 lakh for 10 hp and ₹4 lakh for 15 hp.
According to authoritative data, 13,320 cultivation services were effected Statewide during 2024-25, adding 92,158 hp of cultivation load to the grid, and enabling irrigation successful 29,530 acres of further cultivation land.
Farmers taking portion successful the monthly agriculture grievances redress meetings astatine Coimbatore and Tiruppur person been highlighting their plight.
At the gathering successful Coimbatore, Periyasamy, a progressive farmer, wondered however agelong the applicants nether tatkal strategy volition person to hold aft paying the wealth upfront. It was ridiculous connected the portion of the Electricity Department to supply connections nether the mean process quicker erstwhile compared to the tatkal procedure, different husbandman pointed out.
The reply they got was that the applications were being categorised and attended. During September-October past year, 2,800 applicants successful Coimbatore portion were provided with agricultural, it is learnt.
But, farmers’ associations constituent retired that a larger proportionality of request has not been met arsenic yet.
