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The Cauvery Delta Farmers’ Federation has urged the State authorities to allocate further funds nether the Kuruvai Special Scheme to support paddy farmers and prolong Kuruvai cultivation.
In a statement, K.V. Elangeeran, president of the Federation said the h2o level successful the Mettur reservoir stood astatine 41.64 TMC retired of a full capableness of 93.47 TMC. With the southwest monsoon improbable to bring important rainfall to the Cauvery catchment areas successful Karnataka, authorities person warned that reservoirs successful Karnataka whitethorn not capable earlier precocious August, reducing the chances of h2o being released to Tamil Nadu.
Mr. Elangeeran said the shortfall successful rainfall has pushed Kuruvai paddy cultivation successful the delta portion to the brink. While Kuruvai cultivation was expected connected astatine slightest 3.5 lakh acres successful the delta region, irregular three-phase powerfulness proviso successful caller weeks has caused galore lasting crops to wither. This would besides enactment thousands of cultivation labourers astatine hazard of losing work.
Farmers successful the delta districts are already reeling nether rising input costs and deficiency of assured procurement astatine Minimum Support Prices. In presumption of the crisis, the authorities should allocate further funds nether the Kuruvai Special Scheme, helium said.
