Farmers highlight irregularities at DPCs, indiscriminate stone quarrying, damage to crops by wild animals at grievance day meeting

Irregularities astatine nonstop acquisition centres, indiscriminate chromatic quarrying, harm to crops by chaotic animals and assorted different issues were highlighted by the farmers astatine the farmers grievance redress gathering held astatine Madurai Collectorate connected Friday.

At the gathering presided implicit by Madurai Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar, farmers complained astir the handling charges and different issues astatine DPCs successful the district.

The Collector said a gathering would beryllium held successful this respect and a helpline fig would beryllium generated to perceive the complaints.

Farmers besides complained astir the hold successful disbursing outgo for the paddy procured by the National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF). The Collector said pending payments should beryllium made different it would pull transgression proceedings. Farmers complained that determination had been a hold successful the payments for implicit 3 months.

Indiscriminate chromatic quarrying successful Kallanai successful the territory was besides highlighted by the farmers. The officials told the farmers that they received instructions from the State authorities to instrumentality due enactment against the amerciable quarries. Appropriate enactment would beryllium taken successful this regard, the officials assured the farmers.

Farmers from Thirupparankundram artifact complained astir the harvest harm by chaotic boars. The Collector asked the Forest Department arsenic to whether determination were immoderate innovative ways to tackle the issue. The officials said repellents could beryllium utilized and demonstrations were being carried retired astatine the colony level to dispersed awareness.

After a husbandman complained that pigs that were being reared were destroying the crops, the Collector asked the Forest, Animal Husbandry, Agriculture and Revenue Departments to look into the issue.

With respect to the removal of Seemai Karuvelam (Prosopis juliflora) trees, the Collector said the Madras High Court has taken a superior presumption of the issue. A gathering would beryllium conducted successful this respect and due enactment would beryllium taken, the Collector said.

Some of the different issues raised by the farmers were with respect to sewage being fto into the cultivation fields successful Alanganallur. The farmers said contempt repeated complaints, nary due enactment was being taken to forestall it. The officials said a associated inspection would beryllium carried retired successful this regard.

The farmers said they should beryllium fixed precedence successful extracting vandal mann (alluvial soil) from the waterbodies. The Collector asked the authorities to hole a database of waterbodies for the intent of extraction of alluvial soil. Some of the different issues raised by the farmers were the request for uninterrupted powerfulness supply, to region encroachments from waterbodies and reopen the Alanganallur National Cooperative Sugar Mills.