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Tamil Nadu Farmers Association members connected Monday submitted a petition astatine the Collectorate successful Thoothukudi, seeking procurement of maize produced crossed Tamil Nadu done the State government.
In a petition, they said: “In Thoothukudi district, maize serves arsenic an important harvest of cultivation successful rainfed agriculture areas. This year, the cultivation of achromatic gram and greenish gram has reduced, with maize cultivation overtaking them, covering astir 2 lakh acres.”
It added that though insufficient monsoon rainfall had affected maize production, it was being sold astatine ₹1,500 per quintal, which was ₹2,500 per quintal past year.
Puviraj, territory secretary, Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association said, “At present, maize has been procured successful the territory done traders, who are utilizing mediate men to trim the magnitude of ₹2,435, the MSP fixed by the Central government.”
He added that traders were forming syndicates for the procurement, further affecting the livelihood of farmers. The Collector had said that steps would beryllium initiated to procure maize for ethanol accumulation astatine the Gangaikondan SIPCOT. “Although the maize accumulation successful the State is little than required, traders are inactive forming syndicates to procure it from the farmers, starring to terrible distress among the maize farmers,” helium said.
The petition was submitted astatine the play grievance redressal gathering chaired by Collector K. Elambahavath.
In different petition, regular wage workplace workers employed astatine V. O. Chidambaranar (VOC) Agricultural College and Research Institute, Killikulkam, demanded regularisation of their employment.
According to the petition, astir 34 regular wage workers had been moving implicit 25 years astatine the institute. “In 2019, 28 workers were regularised. However, the remaining workers person not been made permanent, until today,” it added.
The petitioners further stated that during DMK’s predetermination campaign, it was promised that regular wage workers who had completed 10 years of work would beryllium regularised. They requested the Collector to urge to the authorities that their work beryllium regularised.
Request for closure of liquor shops
A petition was submitted connected behalf of Thoothukudi Catholic Diocese.
Director of Prohibition of Liquor Council Rev. Jayanthan D. Grace and administrators submitted the petition stating that aggregate requests had been made to the authorities to adjacent the liquor shops connected Good Friday. This year, Good Friday falls connected April 3. They requested the authorities to adjacent the liquor shops connected that day, urging the Collector to urge to the authorities to instrumentality argumentation decisions successful this regard.
