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The All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS) and the All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) connected Tuesday staged a objection successful beforehand of the Dindigul Collectorate urging the Central and the State governments to fulfil their charter of demands.
Farmers, led by husbandman leaders erstwhile MLA A. Lazar and K.P. Perumal, said escaped location tract pattas should beryllium granted to farmers and cultivation workers. The beneficiaries should beryllium identified and indispensable steps should beryllium taken successful this regard, they said.
They sought a amended and effectual implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme. Though this was promised, indispensable steps person not been taken successful this regard, they complained.
The benefits of the authorities schemes should besides beryllium extended to tenant farmers. There should beryllium due implementation of the Forest Rights Act. Land titles should beryllium issued successful the sanction of farmers who were traditionally engaged successful agriculture successful wood lands successful places similar Kodaikanal, Sirumalai and Pannaikadu, they said.
Proper compensation should beryllium provided to the farmers whose lands were obtained for the Dindigul Ring Road project. It should beryllium re-evaluated and amended compensation should beryllium paid, they said. More than 200 farmers participated successful the protestation and raised slogans against the Central and the State governments.
