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Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam connected Friday visited paddy fields successful parts of Nagapattinam territory that were flooded aft caller rains.
He inspected fields astatine villages of Karuvelangadai (Nagapattinam taluk), Chinnathumbur (Keelaiyur taluk), and Thiruvaimoor (Thirukkuvalai taluk). He was accompanied by Agriculture Production Commissioner and Secretary V. Dakshinamoorthy, Director of Agriculture P. Murugesh, TNCSC Managing Director A. Annadurai, and District Collector P. Akash. MP V. Selvaraj, Fisheries Development Corporation president N. Gouthaman and Kilvelur MLA V.P. Nagai Mali were present.
Mr. Panneerselvam said Chief Minister M.K. Stalin had reviewed the prospects of paddy harvest successful delta districts earlier the onset of monsoon. After this week’s dense rainfall — which flooded fields successful Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur, Thanjavur and Mayiladuthurai — the Chief Minister asked Ministers and elder officials to sojourn the fields and initiate alleviation measures. Collectors were told to support stocks astatine nonstop procurement centres and determination paddy rapidly to atom mills oregon to different districts. The Chief Minister had held 3 rounds of reviews with delta territory administrations since the rains began, the Minister added.
Preliminary figures shared during the inspection amusement Nagapattinam has 30,218 hectares nether kuruvai and 22,422 hectares nether samba this season. Harvest is implicit connected 15,484 hectares of kuruvai. About 14,733 hectares of lasting kuruvai and 22,422 hectares of samba astatine assorted maturation stages are waterlogged.
The Agriculture Department has issued upwind advisories done wide and societal media and acceptable up monitoring committees astatine territory and taluk levels.
Joint enumeration of harvest harm by Agriculture and Revenue officials volition beryllium taken up wherever losses are reported, with proposals routed done District Collectors for alleviation assistance. Field unit person been instructed to measurement up enrolment nether the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana to widen security coverage.
