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During the play nationalist grievance redressal gathering held present connected Monday, farmers from the Chellampatti Union submitted a petition demanding the contiguous constitution of a Direct Procurement Centre (DPC) successful their locality.
P. Suresh, a section farmer, highlighted that astir 250 farmers successful the country cultivate crops crossed much than 5,000 acres. In the lack of a section DPC, they conflict to store and merchantability their nutrient safely.
Currently, farmers were forced to stack their harvests successful an unfastened schoolhouse crushed portion waiting for the territory medication to cod them.
“We are perpetually disquieted astir the information of our crops; immoderate unpredictable incidental could pb to full loss,” helium added.
Even erstwhile farmers attempted to transport their nutrient to DPCs successful different areas, unit often garbage to judge the stock, citing jurisdictional restrictions. This results successful the nutrient remaining stacked and exposed for respective days.
Despite the territory medication approving caller DPCs periodically, the circumstantial needs of the Chellampatti Union remained unaddressed, Mr. Suresh stated.
Farmers noted that portion they person raised this contented repeatedly successful assorted grievance meetings, nary factual enactment has been taken truthful far.
