Farmers association demands ₹35,000 per acre as compensation for waterlogged crops

With the dense rainfall implicit the past fewer days leaving paddy crops inundated successful respective parts of the delta, the Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam connected Tuesday urged the authorities to authorisation a compensation of ₹35,000 per acre to the affected farmers.

Speaking to the media astatine Thirukkalar successful Kottur block, Tiruvarur district, relation wide caput P. R. Pandian claimed that samba and thaladi crops raised by the farmers successful astir 5 lakh acres successful the delta districts were affected by the caller rain.

The fields inactive remained nether a expanse of h2o and the concern mightiness get worse successful Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Mayiladuthurai districts successful presumption of the Meteorological Department’s prediction of much rainfall successful adjacent fewer days.

Stating that the chaotic maturation successful inlet and outlet irrigation channels successful respective parts of the delta region, peculiarly successful Kottur block, helium feared that the transplanted samba and thaladi crops would perish if the concern continued to stay the same.

Hence, successful summation to exhorting the Tamil Nadu authorities to wide the waterways of chaotic growth, helium demanded ₹35,000 per acre arsenic compensation to the farmers and urged the authorities to merchandise the magnitude from the Disaster Relief Fund.