Samyukta Kisan Morcha to launch State-wide campaign against ‘anti-farmer policies’

The Samyukt Kisan Morcha (Non Political) has announced a State-wide run from December 15 to “expose the anti-farmers policies” of the authorities successful Tamil Nadu.

P. Ayyakkannu, president and, P.R. Pandian, Co-ordinator of SKM(NP) Tamil Nadu chapter, told presspersons present connected Thursday that the run would beryllium conducted successful each districts successful coordination with leaders of farmers’ associations.

Putting distant a bid of demands of farmers, they urged the State authorities to unfastened much nonstop acquisition centres (DPCs) to procure paddy and not to cull paddy brought by farmers connected grounds of precocious moisture content. Paddy procured from farmers should beryllium moved from the DPCs connected a day-to-day basis.

Lack of readying had resulted successful the piling up of kuruvai paddy banal astatine DPCs successful the Cauvery delta, they charged and claimed that the predominant transportation of Managing Director of the Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation was affecting the procurement process.

Loans and fertilizers

The farmers leaders alleged slackness successful authorisation of harvest loans and organisation of fertilizers. The State authorities had failed to allocate capable funds for irrigation schemes. The merchandise of h2o nether the Rule Curve strategy had caused problems successful organisation of h2o for irrigation to assorted areas, they alleged.

The Tamil Nadu Land Consolidation (for Special Purposes) Act, 2023, would assistance corporates to get fertile lands and waterbodies, Mr. Pandian said and observed that nary different State successful the state had brought successful specified a law.