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Demanding contiguous disbursal of wealth for the paddy procured from them, a radical of farmers from Manur Union and Thirumalaikozhunthupuram adjacent Palayamkottai submitted petition to District Collector R. Sukumar connected Monday.
Led by D. Abraham, president of Tamil Nadu All Farmers’ Associations Coordination Committee, said the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Limited (NCCF), the apex assemblage of the user cooperatives successful India, purchased paddy from the farmers of Azhagiyapandiapuram adjacent Manur recently.
The NCCF neither paid the wealth for the paddy procured from the agriculturists nor transported it to their godowns. Hence, the procured paddy was remaining astatine the spot wherever it was procured.
When the affected farmers submitted petition to the Tahsildar of Manur seeking aboriginal disbursal of the wealth for the paddy procured, talks were held connected April 30 past with the NCCF, which promised to settee the magnitude to the farmers wrong 10 days.
“However, the NCCF is yet to disburse the magnitude to the farmers arsenic promised successful the beingness of the Tahsildar of Maanur. Hence, the Collector should bid the NCCF to springiness the farmers the paddy procurement wealth with 10% involvement for this agonising delay,” Mr. Abraham said.
Another radical of villagers from Thirumalaikozhunthupuram adjacent Palayamkottai besides submitted a abstracted petition with akin supplication to the Collector. The villagers said they, who sold their paddy astatine the Direct Procurement Centre successful their hamlet, were waiting for much than 2 months for the money.
“Since each the farmers of Thirumalaikozhunthupuram are carrying retired their farming operations aft taking loans from the cooperative banks and different fiscal institutions, the hold successful disbursing the paddy procurement magnitude has severely affected the growers. Hence, the Collector should instruct the officials acrophobic to settee the magnitude immediately,” said the petitioners.
Three women teachers of a government-aided mediate schoolhouse successful Tirunelveli Town submitted a petition complaining astir alleged intersexual harassment by the analogous of the school. The petitioner teachers said they, pursuing intersexual harassment by the analogous of the school, submitted a ailment with the headmistress of the school.
“As determination was nary affirmative reply from the headmistress of forwarding the ailment to the officials of Department of School Education, we filed a ailment with the Commissioner of Police, Tirunelveli City. Even though the Tirunelveli Town constabulary registered a lawsuit against the analogous and the headmistress, nary further enactment has been taken based connected the First Information Report. Since the caller world twelvemonth volition commencement shortly, determination is nary information for america arsenic we’ve fixed ailment against the analogous and the headmistress. Hence, the Collector should initiate enactment against the analogous and the headmistress,” said the teachers.
