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Suspicion implicit the accuracy of physics weighing machines and winnowers utilized astatine the nonstop acquisition centres of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation came to the fore astatine the Revenue Divisional-level Agriculture Grievance Meeting held astatine Kumbakonam connected Friday.
The contented of improper weighing, being aired by the Tamil Nadu Cauvery Delta Farmers Protection Association astatine assorted forums successful the caller past, was raised by the CPI-affiliated Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam members, led by the Thanjavr District Deputy Secretary, R. Senthilkumar, and the territory Vice-President, A.M. Ramalingam, astatine the Kumbakonam grievance meeting. The sangam members alleged that the physics weighing machines had been tampered with astatine respective DPCs.
Though the machines displayed the approved value of 40.700 kg, the existent value went up by 1 oregon adjacent 2 kg implicit and supra the approved weight.
They said 700 grams was added to the 40 kg value of a paddy container to ‘compensate’ for the value nonaccomplishment owed to drying and transportation, which was acceptable to farmers, they said.
Similarly, the winnowing machines had been calibrated successful specified a mode that breached oregon damaged paddy grains were thrown retired on with achromatic grains/husk and different particles, which was aboriginal segregated and sold by the DPC staff.
Stating that the physics weighing machines utilized astatine the DPCs were not being checked publically by the Labour Department, which is authorised to transportation retired verification and stamping of weighing machines/scales nether Legal Metrology Act, 2009, the Tamil Nadu Cauvery Delta Farmers Protection Association secretary, Sundara Vimalanathan, said whenever helium raised this contented astatine the farmers gathering convened by the elder officials astatine the district-level, it was side-stepped oregon ignored.
