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Farmers successful Madurai territory urged the State authorities to straight procure sugarcane from the farmers, for the pongal hamper, for organisation to eligible ration paper holders done ration shops.
At the farmers’ grievances redress gathering held connected Thursday astatine the Collectorate, presided implicit by Madurai Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar, the farmers demanded that coconut besides beryllium straight procured from them.
They said it should beryllium ensured that the sugarcane was procured connected clip from the farmers and not astatine the past minute. The farmers erstwhile again raised complaints astir the assorted irregularities astatine the Direct Procurement Centres (DPC) successful the district.
A conception of farmers urged the authorities to merchandise capable h2o for irrigation and guarantee that it reached the process extremity areas of the district. Desilting of the waterbodies should beryllium taken up, they said.
Farmers from Kallanai successful Kalligudi taluk objected to caller quarry operations. They demanded that permissions should not beryllium granted for operating quarries and crusher units successful their colony and the different adjacent areas. It was affecting the environment, they said.
Existing quarries should beryllium closed and nary permissions should beryllium granted to caller ones, they said, adding that they were affected by the quarry operations. They and the livestock were suffering from wellness issues owed to indiscriminate quarry operations which were taking spot beyond the permissible limit, the farmers complained.
The Vaigai Tirumangalam Main Canal Water Users Farmers Association urged the authorities to region the encroachments connected the canal successful Chellampatti. The farmers besides urged the authorities to instrumentality steps to repair damaged shutters.
