Get Cauvery water released by Karnataka: Farmers

The Coordination Committee of All Farmers Associations of Tamil Nadu has exhorted the Tamil Nadu authorities to get the State’s quota of h2o released successful the Cauvery stream by Karnataka.

Addressing the media astatine Mannargudi successful Tiruvarur district, Coordination Committee president P.R. Pandian pointed retired that past play kuruvai cultivation was taken up connected astir 6.50 lakh acres successful the delta districts. With a retention of astir 80 feet successful Mettur, the Tamil Nadu authorities should instrumentality steps to get the State’s stock of h2o successful Cauvery connected a warfare footing.

While urging the State authorities to guarantee the proviso of prime seeds for sowing during the forthcoming kuruvai play successful delta districts, Mr. Pandian regretted that the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation (TNCSC) has entered into an statement with the National Consumer Cooperative Federation (NCCF) for procurement of paddy from farmers successful Tirunelveli, Ranipettai, Kancheepuram, Chengalpattu, and different districts, wherever harvesting had been completed, done NCCF’s Tamil Nadu Paddy and Rice Processing Federation (TNPRPF).

Pointing retired that specified a acquisition statement enactment successful spot during the erstwhile DMK authorities resulted successful hold of disbursement of income proceeds, Mr. Pandian said a akin concern had cropped up present and the authorities should guarantee aboriginal merchandise of income proceeds to the farmers who person measured their paddy nether this arrangement.

Farmers successful these territory would beryllium relieved if the authorities cancelled the procurement statement betwixt the TNCSC and the NCCF, helium added.

Expressing the association’s dissent implicit the existent summation successful substance prices, Mr. Pandian called upon the governments to guarantee the availability of fertilizers successful capable quantity and cheque the retailers’ signifier of forcing farmers to acquisition different inputs on with fertilizers.