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A farmers’ federation has insisted connected implementation of the Cauvery-Vaigai-Gundar stream linking task to payment water-shadow regions of Virudhunagar district.
A petition submitted by the Cauvery Vaigai Kiruthumal Gundar Irrigation Farmers’ Federation to the AIADMK manifesto mentation committee headed by enactment person Natham R. Viswanathan said the task had been near successful a lurch successful the past 5 years.
Its territory president R. Ram Pandian said the task was envisaged by the AIADMK Government to assistance transportation of surplus flood h2o from the Cauvery and Vaigai to the parched regions of Virudhunagar and Ramanathapuram districts.
The federation besides wanted a caller cheque dam constructed crossed Arjuna River. Also, a Government Order should beryllium issued for imperishable irrigation done Kiruthumal River. Efforts should beryllium taken to desilt assorted dams successful the territory specified arsenic Anaikuttam, Kullursandhai, Golwarpatti and Irukkangudi to summation their retention capacity.
The Senbagavalli cheque dam successful the Western Ghats should beryllium repaired to guarantee h2o travel successful Vaippar River to assistance irrigation successful Virudhunagar district, the petition said.
Long-lasting measures should beryllium taken to forestall penetration of chaotic animals specified arsenic chaotic boars, cervid and bison into workplace land. Besides, the farmers should beryllium fixed compensation for the damaged crops.
The federation besides demanded that firm companies beryllium banned from the harvest security strategy and that the authorities instrumentality it. Besides, the compensation nether the harvest security strategy should beryllium calculated based connected output nonaccomplishment faced by idiosyncratic farmers.
The State Support Price should beryllium accrued for paddy to ₹3,500 a quintal and ₹5,000 a quintal for cane, the petition said.
Encroachments successful rivers, dams, and different h2o bodies should beryllium removed and grazing lands should beryllium retrieved to amended agrarian economy.
