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Farmers from Kanniyakumari territory sought an hold of h2o merchandise from the Pechiparai and Perunchani dams until March 15, arsenic harvesting successful the tail-end portion is expected to instrumentality a fewer much weeks.
The request was raised astatine the farmers’ grievance redress gathering chaired by Kanniyakumari District Collector R. Alagumeena connected Wednesday.
Responding to the request, authorities said that the connection has been sent to widen the merchandise of h2o from some dams. If approved, h2o volition beryllium released lone done required channels to payment the farmers successful tail-end regions.
At the meeting, farmers raised assorted concerns, including the difficulties successful selling harvested paddy astatine the procurement centres, highlighting the hold successful the issuance of patta and ‘adangal’ documents required astatine the procurement centres. They besides urged the territory medication to found a selling committee successful the district, akin to those functioning successful different districts, to hole regular marketplace prices for coconuts.
Farmers further requested that the coconut worth summation centre established successful Chenbagaramanputhoor beryllium made wholly operational astatine the earliest.
A conception of farmers raised concerns implicit the alleged support granted by the Department of Mines and irregularity successful soil mining successful patta lands successful the district.
A. Wins Anto of Kodhayar Irrigation Project Committee, successful his petition, said authorities had reportedly granted support for extracting ungraded from assorted locations specified arsenic Vellamodi and Palavilai areas successful the district.
The petition added that determination person been allegations that officials had allowed the proscription of soil, starring to harm to irrigation canals and plundering the people formed hillocks successful the district.
The petition urged the authorities to forestall this mining and instrumentality indispensable enactment against the authorities progressive successful granting permissions without territory collector’s knowledge.
Farmers besides pointed retired that though officials from Railway and Water Resource Department (WRD) had inspected the damages caused to waterbodies successful the district, during the railway treble way task and NHAI’s 4 lane project, indispensable remedial measures indispensable beryllium taken.
Addressing the concerns, Ms. Alagumeena, said that indispensable enactment volition beryllium taken to expedite paddy procurement successful the district. The collector further instructed the WRD authorities to delegate a nodal serviceman to reappraisal and rectify the damages caused successful waterbodies during railway and NHAI’S works successful the district.
The Collector besides addressed alleged irregularities successful soil mining issues with respective officials from the Department of Mines and stated that due actions volition beryllium taken.
District Revenue Officer A. Poongothai, Agriculture Joint Director M.R. Vani, WRD enforcement technologist Vasanthi and different officials were present.
