Tanks remain dry despite rains, say farmers
Watch Kahin Door Movie - Enjoy Sakshi Tanwar movie in HD with On-demand Streaming service.www.mavshack.com
Collector asks panchayat chiefs to remove acacia trees from waterbodies
Voicing concern:Farmers texpressing concern over dry tanks at the grievance day meeting in Dindigul on Friday.— PHOTO: G. KARTHIKEYAN
Despite torrential showers, several tanks had no water owing to accumulation of silt in supply channels and damage in bunds and sluice doors, and this was the result of haphazard renovation work done by Public Works Department officials, farmers complained at the agriculturists’ grievance day meeting held here on Friday.
At the outset, Palani Farmers’ Association president K. Venkataasamy said exit point of the left bank main channel of Palar-Porundhalaru dam was highly damaged and developed breaches. When renovation work was carried out, the contractor just levelled silt and stones in the channel instead of removing them, he said, and sought removal of silt.
Ten tanks in 17 villages were completely dry. Quick renovation of channel and discharge of water from the dam would help farmers protect standing crops. If there was a delay, the crops would wither, he noted.
The PWD officials replied that a proposal had been sent to the government to release water on December 10.
Collector N. Venkatachalam advised the officials to expedite repair work.
When farmers from Oddanchatram said unsafe disposal of garbage by Oddanchatram municipality affected agricultural lands, he said people in Oddanchtram area refused to provide land for dumping waste. Five places were identified for the purpose, but the villagers protested, he said, and asked them to identify a site for the dump.
The Collector advised all panchayat presidents to remove acacia trees from waterbodies without waiting for permission from forest officials. Farmers from Nilakottai block appealed to him to order renovation of supply channel to fill Pulvetti Kulam. Mr. Venkatachalam said water could not flow towards the tank as the channel was in high ridge area.
Forty per cent of the 91,488 irrigation wells in the district had water that could be pumped for an hour and 25 per cent of the wells had water that could be pumped for one to two hours and 35 per cent of the wells had water that could be pumped for two to three hours, PWD officials said.
Earlier, Vagarai Maize Research Station scientist Arviudai Nambi explained maize cultivation techniques to the farmers to increase yield.
Source: http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/tanks-remain-dry-despite-rains-say-farmers/article6623951.ece
No comments:
Post a Comment