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The members of Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association staged a objection successful Thoothukudi connected Friday, demanding the merchandise of h2o to prevention withering crops irrigated nether Srivaikuntam dam’s Northern Canal irrigation system.
The protestation was held for the 2nd clip this twelvemonth connected the aforesaid issue, wrong a span of 15 days.
According to the protestors, astir 12,000 acres of cultivation lands are irrigated done the Northern Canal system. However, owed to inadequate h2o proviso astatine large tanks, including Peikulam, Kulayankarisal and Athimarapatti, paddy, banana and different crops cultivated connected astir 6,000 acres person begun to wither astatine a important stage, conscionable earlier the harvest.
Puviraj, territory secretary, Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association said that farmers had been seeking the merchandise of h2o for the past 1 period to prevention their crops, but nary enactment had been taken.
“A petition has been submitted during the play grievance redress gathering past month. Subsequently, owing to the hold successful enactment a roadworthy blockade protestation was announced connected May 21. However, during the talks held astatine the RDO bureau successful Thoothukudi connected May 20, it was assured that h2o would beryllium released wrong 2 days. As the assurance was not fulfilled, different roadworthy blockade protestation was organised connected May 29. Yet the contented remains unaddressed,” helium added.
The protestors pointed retired that the caller rainfall successful Ghat areas has importantly accrued the h2o levels successful Papanasam and Manimuthar dams. They urged the authorities to instrumentality contiguous steps to merchandise h2o to the Srivaikuntam dam for the payment of farmers successful the region.
Following the protest, talks were held with the officials. “During the discussions farmers were informed that Thoothukudi territory medication had recommended to the State authorities done an authoritative missive that h2o beryllium released for the district,” Mr. Puviraj said. Subsequently farmers withdrew their protest.
