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The farmers of Sivaganga territory during the farmers grievance gathering present connected Friday raised the contented of substandard fertilisers being sold astatine the shops successful the district.
A husbandman named Ramalingam, said, the harvest indebtedness waiver was not satisfactory to the farmers.
“It should beryllium reconsidered truthful that each farmers person the waiver,” helium added.
Further, helium noted, successful the district, fertilisers of lone circumstantial companies are being sold, and they are substandard.
He besides complained astir support being granted to silt alluvial ungraded from tanks that bash not person immoderate alluvial ungraded astatine all.
Adding, different husbandman named Raja, said, “Since support is granted to silt alluvial ungraded from out-of-town tanks, the expenses for farmers increase. In immoderate villages, radical entity to this silting. Therefore, support should beryllium granted for section tanks. Silt removal from tanks should not beryllium allowed for ceramic kilns and roadworks.”
“Due to ‘server’ issues astatine the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Societies, sugarcane farmers are moving from pillar to station without getting loans. Action indispensable beryllium taken to disburse loans manually this year,” said Chandran, a farmer.
Vishwanathan different farmer, noted that the roadworthy branching disconnected from the Madurai-Thondi road, passing done Sithalur, Muthalur and Vembathur to Pacheri, was successful a precise dilapidated condition.
District Collector K. Porkodi who responded to the grievance said she had travelled connected that roadworthy and acknowledged that it was so successful a precise atrocious condition.
Farmer Ayyachamy, said, “Paddy seeds are distributed done Block Agricultural Extension Centres. Farmers person to rotation astir to acquisition them. Therefore, paddy seeds should beryllium distributed done sub-centres instead.”
