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Farmers successful Karaikal territory person urged the medication to undertake broad desilting of rivers and irrigation canals utilizing machinery up of the expected merchandise of Cauvery h2o for the ‘kuruvai’ season.
In a connection issued connected Friday, T.N. Suresh, president of the Kadaimadai Farmers’ Association, said that agriculture was carried retired connected astir 5,000 hectares successful the district. With h2o apt to beryllium released from the Mettur dam astir June 12 for ‘kuruvai’ cultivation, preparatory works indispensable beryllium taken up successful advance, helium said.
He called upon the Public Works Department to transportation retired thorough desilting of rivers, irrigation channels and drainage canals utilizing machines. Repairs to cheque dams, sluices and related infrastructure should besides beryllium completed without delay, helium added.
Mr. Suresh further urged the authorities to convene meetings with farmers connected a constituency-wise ground to recognize their grievances and requirements earlier initiating the works.
Stating that canals which cannot beryllium efficaciously desilted nether the 100-day agrarian employment strategy should not beryllium included nether it, helium said this would alteration the Public Works Department to transportation retired the works efficiently utilizing machinery.
He besides suggested that meetings involving artifact improvement officials, engineers and farmers beryllium held successful each gross colony to place canals suitable for works nether the employment scheme.
After completing these processes, the territory medication should organise a grievance redress gathering with farmers, helium said.
The relation besides called for steps to power chaotic boars damaging cultivation fields and sought concessions to alteration farmers’ children to prosecute acquisition successful cultivation colleges.
