6 days ago
1
A ample radical of farmers crossed the territory demanded the authorities to supply compensation to the coconut trees and plantain crops and among others which were destroyed successful the gale present connected Friday.
Theni Collector Ranjith Singh presided implicit the monthly farmers’ grievance gathering astatine the Collectorate.
Speaking astatine the meeting, Ravi Narayanan, a husbandman from Periyakulam said that the lasting crops, which were acceptable for harvest, were uprooted owed to the gale. “We ne'er expected specified a happening to happen.... We are astatine a full nonaccomplishment and the authorities has to assistance get the alleviation successful afloat from the security companies to the farmers’ without immoderate further delay....” helium pleaded.
Joining him, Jagadeesn and Pitchairaj from Ganguvarpatti said that astatine slightest 3,000 plantain crops and coconut trees which were astir 3 years aged were destroyed. The authorities should not hold oregon travel retired with immoderate lame excuses. The farmers’ afloat depended connected the compensation and the authorities present should instrumentality it up forward, they stressed.
The Joint Director (Agriculture) Shantamani said that they would instrumentality each steps to redress the grievances and pass the petitioners wrong a fortnight.
The farmers raised astir the non-availability of each brands of fertilisers successful the district. Intervening, the Collector directed the officials to cheque and guarantee that the fertilisers were disposable sufficiently.
While the terms of nutrient grown by the farmers remained the same, earthy materials specified arsenic fertilisers were expanding steeply. Some of the outlets claimed that the stocks were yet to scope their shops and utilized the accidental to summation the prices. Immediately, the officials took enactment of the ailment and assured to check.
Dry spell
With adust spell prevailing successful galore parts of the district, the farmers wanted the territory medication to springiness them support to assistance the alluvial soil. “Once the rainfall begins, the tanks whitethorn get water. Before that they whitethorn beryllium permitted to instrumentality the soil,” they said.
Some of the farmers complained astir the non-availability oregon shortage experienced successful veterinary experts successful the district.
The farmers were told to get their exclusive individuality paper by approaching the hold offices of the agriculture section successful their respective blocks. This paper would assistance the farmers get fertiliser and different commodities hassle escaped manner. By linking the Aadhaar fig with the registered mobile number, the farmers would get the ID and the number.
On a aviator basis, the authorities was to motorboat the strategy successful Tirupur and Ranipet districts and hence the farmers present should furnish patta/chitta details to get the ID card, the Collector said.
Though the territory had received 76.6 mm rainfall, abbreviated of the mean mean yearly rainfall till May this twelvemonth (against 276.6 mm, 200.03 mm rainfall), the rainfall successful May (till Thursday) was 88.06 mm against 64.5 mm rainfall.
