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Scores of farmers from Narikudi portion gathered to protestation against the inordinate hold successful disbursal of compensation for the paddy crops mislaid successful 2024-25 astatine Narikudi connected Friday.
However, the ryots were pacified by the officials of Department of Agriculture with the committedness that the renewed connection seeking compensation would beryllium sent to the State Government.
The farmers from assorted villages astir Narikudi assembled for the agitation that was led by the wide caput of Cauvery Vaigai Kiruthumal Gundar Irrigation Farmers’ Federation, M. Arjunan, and its territory leaders, R. Ramapandian and A. Gopalakrishnan.
The farmers complained that paddy crops raised connected respective acres of onshore successful 68 villages were severely affected owed to deficiency of rainfall successful 2024-25.
“Despite the officials conducting the enumeration and arriving astatine the grade of nonaccomplishment faced by the paddy farmers successful those villages, the compensation nether the Crop Insurance Scheme had not reached them till date,” rued Mr. Rampandian.
The farmers had drawn the attraction earlier excessively with a protest.
However, the compensation were not sanctioned connected the ground of immoderate lacuna successful the report.
“Officials from the Department of Agriculture person promised to instrumentality up the contented with Virudhunagar Collector and nonstop the caller study to facilitate disbursal of compensation astatine the earliest,” helium added.
