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Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association connected Friday complained that backstage shops successful Virudhunagar territory were selling fertilizers astatine prices higher than the maximum retail prize and besides forcing the farmers to bargain unwanted goods from them.
The relation territory secretary, V. Murugan, said this portion participating successful a treatment during the monthly farmers grievances redress meeting, chaired by territory Collector N. O. Sukhaputra, held present connected Friday.
He alleged that the backstage shops were not issuing due bills to the farmers for the sold goods. Besides, the farmers besides faced shortage of fertilizers successful immoderate conception of the district.
He complained that the officials acrophobic had failed to program stocking of capable quantity of fertilizers.
An officials promised to acceptable up peculiar squad to show the fertilizer availablity and its sale.
Tamilaga Vivasayigal Sangam territory president, N. A. Ramachandra Raja said that the caller security strategy that offered compensation based connected the grade of harm to coconut harvest would beryllium beneficial to the farmers and it should beryllium implemented soon successful the district.
Another farmer, Alagarsamy complained that an irrigation canal was blocked successful the process of operation enactment of the Ring Road for Sivakasi. Despite repeated petitions fixed to the Highways Department, nary enactment has been taken to retrieve the canal truthful far, helium said. The Collector promised to look into the issue.
Farmers besides sought mounting up of nonstop paddy procurement centres successful Watrap taluk arsenic the harvest has started successful the taluk.
