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The officials person ascertained that samba harvest cultivated connected 3.025% of the full cultivated country of 3,25,066 acres successful Thanjavur territory qualifies for compensation.
District Collector B. Priyanka Pankajam said astatine the monthly agriculture grievance gathering held present connected Friday that the survey of harvest nonaccomplishment suffered by farmers owed to northeast monsoon rainfall successful October and during this month, conducted by the Agriculture and Revenue section officials revealed that 33% harvest nonaccomplishment was recorded connected 9,833 acres only. A connection for declaration and disbursement of compensation for these crops had been forwarded to the State government, she said.
Stating that ₹28 lakhs had been released arsenic compensation towards summertime harvest nonaccomplishment connected 455 acres due to the fact that of rains successful May during 2024-25 season, the Collector said different ₹1.57 crore had been extended to farmers who mislaid their harvest raised connected 2,996 acres owed to rainfall successful September and ₹1.60 crore arsenic compensation for harvest nonaccomplishment connected 2,325 acres owed to the Cyclone Fengul from October to December.
Further, steps had been taken to disburse ₹21.40 crore arsenic compensation towards the harvest nonaccomplishment (recorded connected astir 44,600 acres) suffered by farmers owed to the 2024-25 northeast monsoon rains, she added.
Meanwhile, participating astatine the meeting, Mohammed Ibrahim of Papanasam and A.K.R. Ravichandar of Thanjavur urged the State authorities to procure sugarcane to beryllium distributed on with the ‘Pongal Gift Hampers’ to household cardholders, straight from the farmers astatine a terms of ₹50 per cane and see coconut lipid successful the acquisition hamper.
