Tail-end area farmers want water to save samba crop
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Steps will be taken to fill all 168 tanks, says PWD
S.Ganesh, District Collector, advised farmers to insure their crops at the farmers’ grievances day meeting held in Pudukottai on Friday.
Farmers of tail-end areas of the Grand Anicut canal ayacut have urged the district administration to ensure adequate supply of water to save the standing ‘samba’ crop.
Raising the issue at the monthly farmers’ grievances day meeting held here on Friday, a cross section of the farmers also wanted all the tanks to be filled up through assured supply in the canal.
Initiating the discussion, M.Madhavan, district secretary, Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, said the district did not receive adequate rainfall over the past few weeks. The suspension of water release from the Mettur Dam on account of rains in the delta region had resulted in the poor realisation of waters, he said. An official from the Public Works Department assured that steps would be taken to fill all 168 tanks.
G.S.Dhanapathy, district chairman, Farmers’ Forum of India, said that steps should be taken for interlinking the Cauvery and Kundar rivers. Appavu Balandar, a farmer, said that district administration should take steps for removing ‘karuvel’ trees from tanks.
When Arunodhayan, a farmer, pleaded for extending the deadline for insuring the crop, K.V.S. Kumar, Joint Registrar of Cooperative Societies, said the State government had already been apprised of the farmers’ demand in this regard.
S.Ganesh, District Collector, who presided over the meeting, said that 1,427 tonnes of DAP, 577 tonnes of urea, and 1,589 tonnes of potash had been stocked at cooperative societies and private shops for timely supply to farmers. Against the normal 829.40 mm of rain for the 11 months till November this year, the district has registered only 606 mm this year. He appealed to ‘samba’ farmers to utilise the crop insurance scheme to protect their crop.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/tailend-area-farmers-want-water-to-save-samba-crop/article6623926.ece
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