The Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Protection Association has exhorted the Tamil Nadu authorities to impressment upon the Central authorities to contented indispensable orders for procurement of paddy with a moisture contented of upto 25% arsenic aboriginal arsenic possible, taking into information the climatic conditions successful which paddy procurement is being carried retired successful the State.
In a connection issued present connected Saturday, relation caput Sundara Vimalanathan said the kuruvai crop, acceptable for harvest, was severely affected owed to the caller dense rainfall that lashed the delta districts. As a result, the moisture contented successful the paddy brought to the nonstop procurement centres was much than the stipulated percent of 17.
Hence, helium called upon the Tamil Nadu authorities to instrumentality up the contented with the Centre and persist connected the second to contented indispensable orders ensuring procurement of paddy with moisture contented of up to 25%. The grains should beryllium procured without immoderate restrictions connected beingness of overseas particles, achromatic grains etc. and astir importantly with retired immoderate terms chopped for prime of the grains.
Regretting that paddy atom dryer machines were disposable lone successful a fewer DPCs retired of astir 200 centres opened successful each delta district, helium sought installation of dryers astatine each DPCs.
