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Citing a crisp diminution successful harvest output owed to inadequate monsoon past year, rain-fed agriculture farmers from the bluish portion of Thoothukudi territory submitted petitions astatine the farmers’ grievance redressal meeting, demanding that rain-fed agriculture regions of Thoothukudi territory beryllium declared arsenic drought affected and alleviation beryllium provided.
The gathering chaired by Collector K. Elambahavath was held astatine the Collectorate connected Thursday.
Hundreds of farmers from Kovilpatti, Vilathikulam and Ettayapuram and Kayathar taluks raised their demands, stating that insufficient rainfall successful rain-fed agriculture areas has led to acute h2o scarcity and affecting the output of achromatic gram, greenish gram, maize and different crops cultivated successful the region.
The farmers besides alleged that officials had reported inflated rainfall information for the district, demanding that rain-fed agriculture lands successful these taluks indispensable beryllium declared drought deed and that due alleviation beryllium granted.
Villikseri K. Premkumar, president of Thennaga Maanavari Vivasayikal Sangam said, “In these areas 60% of the output has been affected owed to inadequate rainfall. Due to this, galore farmers successful these regions are affected by dense losses.”
Responding to this Mr. Elambahavath said that rainfall figures were calculated based connected information from some automatic and manual rainfall gauges and determination was nary discrepancy. He noted that confederate parts of the territory specified arsenic Tiruchendur, Udangudi and Sathankulam had received higher rainfall, portion bluish regions had received less.
He added that elaborate appraisal would beryllium conducted connected mean rainfall requirements, existent rainfall received, drought criteria and harvest output levels successful 4 bluish taluks. “If conditions were recovered to suffice arsenic drought, the territory medication would urge it to the government,” helium said.
At the gathering farmers besides raised respective different concerns including organisation of flood alleviation funds to each eligible farmers, authorities fixation and procurement of maize astatine MSP price, contiguous proviso of fertilizers to Sathankulam portion and measures to forestall recurring chaotic boar attacks connected farmers.
Addressing the grievances, Mr. Elambahavath said that farmers had shifted implicit 10,000 hectares from different crops to maize and that akin trends successful the territory led to terms drop. He further assured that flood alleviation funds would beryllium provided to each farmers and fertilizers would beryllium sent instantly to Sathankulam region.
District Revenue Officer A. Ravichandran, District Forest Officer M. Ilayaraja, Joint Director of Agriculture Krishnakumar and different officials were present.
