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Farmers registered their dissatisfaction implicit the harvest security strategy institution giving meagre magnitude arsenic compensation for the paddy harvest mislaid during 2024-25 owed to deficiency of capable h2o for irrigation successful Narikudi and A. Mukkulam.
At a gathering organised by the Department of Agriculture, its Virudhunagar territory Joint Director Sumathi, and Personal Assistant (Agriculture) to Collector Manimegalai and security institution officials, Subburaj, met the farmers.
The farmers were led by Virudhunagar territory president of Cauvery Vaigai Kiruthumal Gundar Irrigation Farmers Federation R. Ram Pandian.
The gathering was called for aft a bid of agitation held by the farmers arsenic the security institution paid lone ₹500 to ₹700 arsenic compensation for the farmers.
“This was owed to the incorrect calculation made by the security company,” said Mr. Ram Pandian.
As a result, the farmers were getting overmuch little than what the security institution had collected arsenic premium. “It looks similar the harvest security strategy is aimed astatine benefiting the security institution adjacent erstwhile the farmers look a immense loss,” helium said.
The officials said that the contented would beryllium taken up with the State Government. The farmers wanted the officials to inspect each colony affected by the harvest nonaccomplishment and to summation the compensation. The methodology of calculating the nonaccomplishment should beryllium done village-wise.
Besides, they sought harvest security for banana plantain cultivated crossed the district.
All these issues would beryllium taken up to the attraction of the State Government, Mr. Ram Pandian said.
