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Farmers from Thoothukudi territory person urged the authorities to supply due drought relief, arsenic subpar rainfall during the past northeast monsoon has affected the harvest output of the rain-fed agriculture portion successful the district.
The request was raised astatine the farmers grievance redress gathering held astatine Thoothukudi District Collectorate connected Thursday. The gathering was chaired by Thoothukudi District Collector Vishu Mahajan.
At the meeting, farmers stated that the northeast monsoon failed successful the territory past year, starring to much than a 50% driblet successful the output for rain-fed crops specified arsenic achromatic gram, greenish gram, maize and chillies. This has led to fiscal nonaccomplishment for galore farmers successful the district, they said.
They added that a petition had already been made to state 5 blocks successful the territory arsenic drought-affected areas and supply alleviation funds. The erstwhile District Collector K. Elambahavath has ordered the enactment of committees to measure the damage. The farmers asked astir the presumption of those reports and demanded contiguous enactment to guarantee compensation for affected farmers.
Farmers besides demanded the contiguous procurement of paddy stocks lying unsold astatine procurement centres and absorption of paddy procurement centres by farmers’ associations alternatively of governmental parties.
The farmers urged contiguous steps to retrieve and instrumentality the pledged golden astatine Kurumbur Primary Agricultural Cooperative Society (PACS).
Other demands including imperishable solution for chaotic boar menace, contiguous merchandise of h2o from Kadambakulam vessel and removal of invasive Prosopis juliflora were besides raised.
Farmers besides projected creating a caller h2o canal from Marudhur Melakkal to Karumeniyar River to divert the surplus rainwater to drought prone areas.
Responding to the grievances, Mr. Mahajan and different officials stated that an appraisal study connected drought harm has already been submitted, noting that delays occurred owed to alteration successful collector and assembly elections.
The officials added that paddy procurement is being carried retired decently astatine each centres and probe into Kurumbur PACS fraud is ongoing.
The connection to make a 29 km caller canal way from Marudhur Melakkal to Karumeniyar stream is nether consideration, and further studies volition beryllium conducted, the officials said.
District Revenue Officer M. Guruchandran, Joint Director (agriculture) Krishnakumar and different officials were present.
