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Members of Tamizhaga Cauvery Vivasayigal Sangam staged a protestation astatine Thirumarugal successful Nagapattinam territory connected Tuesday demanding contiguous authorisation of compensation to farmers for the kuruvai paddy harvest damaged owed to rainfall successful October.
P. R. Pandian, relation wide secretary, who led the objection successful beforehand of the bureau of the Assistant Director of Agriculture successful Thirumarugal, claimed that paddy crop, which were acceptable for harvest, were damaged connected astir 10,000 acres successful Nagapattinam district. The Department of Agriculture should behaviour a due survey of the harm and merchandise the database of affected farmers colony wise. The affected farmers should beryllium provided a compensation of ₹35,000 an acre from the Disaster Response Fund immediately. Steps should beryllium taken to authorisation compensation for farmers, who had insured the crop, helium demanded.
Mr. Pandian besides alleged that determination was a shortage of fertilizers and urged the authorities to instrumentality steps to guarantee capable availability of fertilizers successful the district.
Earlier, the farmers marched from the autobus basal to the Agriculture Department office.
