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Sugarcane farmers successful the district, particularly successful Poolampatti and surrounding areas, person urged the State authorities to marque an announcement soon to procure sugarcane straight from farmers for organisation on with Pongal acquisition hampers to the ration cardholders.
In Salem district, sugarcane is cultivated successful implicit 1,000 acres successful Poolampatti, Koodakal, Kuppanur, Pillukurichi, Onamparaiyur, Nedunkulam, Siluvampalayam, and Koneripatti successful Edappadi Taluk; Kannantheri successful Sankari Taluk; Kulanaickenpatti successful Mettur; Muthunaickenpatti successful Omalur; and Siddar Kovil adjacent Elampillai. With bully rainfall and the availability of groundwater and the Cauvery h2o this year, cultivation of sugarcane started successful April/May, and sugarcane is acceptable for harvesting now.
During Pongal festival, the authorities usually announces the organisation of sugarcane to each ration cardholder successful the State on with the Pongal acquisition hamper. With lone 1 period near for the festival, the farmers urged the authorities to marque the announcement connected the Pongal acquisition hamper soon, arsenic harvesting of sugarcane had started.
N. Babu Janardhanan, a husbandman from Poolampatti, said that successful and astir Poolampatti alone, sugarcane is cultivated successful astir 500 acres. In the past, the authorities announced that sugarcane volition beryllium procured straight from farmers and paid ₹35 (including proscription and cutting charges) for a sugarcane. Now, accusation spreads that the authorities is going to springiness currency gifts for ration cardholders this Pongal.
Hoping that the authorities volition procure sugarcane directly, the farmers person cultivated sugarcane. If the authorities gives lone the currency acquisition means 75% of sugarcane volition beryllium procured by middlemen astatine a mediocre price. So, the Chief Minister should see the payment of farmers and marque an announcement successful this transportation soon, Mr. Babu added.
S. Rajesh, a farmer, said that by claiming that the accidental for the authorities to procure sugarcane this twelvemonth for Pongal is less, middlemen started to procure sugarcane successful and astir Poolampatti for ₹17 to ₹18 per sugarcane. The authorities should guarantee procurement of sugarcane without immoderate interference from middlemen, helium added.
