Revenue Department staff strike hits students, farmers: Anbumani

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Anbumani Ramadoss. File

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Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) person Anbumani Ramadoss connected Thursday (March 5, 2026) said delays successful issuing indispensable certificates owed to the ongoing onslaught by Revenue Department employees were severely affecting students and farmers, and urged the Tamil Nadu authorities to clasp talks with the protesters.

In a statement, helium said astir 42,000 officials and unit of the Revenue Department had been connected onslaught since February 24, and that the authorities had not taken steps to resoluteness the issue.

Dr. Anbumani said the onslaught had disrupted authorities services and affected the public, peculiarly students who necessitate community, income, and different certificates issued by the Revenue Department. With March 8 being the past day to use for the NEET examination, galore students who had applied for these certificates earlier were yet to person them, helium said.

Farmers were besides facing difficulties, helium said, noting that paddy growers indispensable taxable adangal onshore records certified by Village Administrative Officers to merchantability their nutrient astatine nonstop procurement centres. Due to the strike, farmers had been incapable to get these documents, resulting successful lakhs of paddy bags piling up astatine procurement centres, helium said.

He besides alleged that alternatively of initiating talks, the authorities had resorted to arrests aft Revenue Department employees began roadworthy blockade protests.

Published - March 05, 2026 04:01 p.m. IST

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