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Dharmapuri
Staff Reporter
Dharmapuri: The third phase of distribution of two-acre land to poor and agricultural labourers will commence on March 17. Under the scheme, a total of 2,020.38 acres of lands will be distributed to 1,925 poor and small farmers across the district. According to a release, Dharmapuri stands first in the State in implementing the two-acre land scheme. A total of 1712.90 acres were distributed to 1,899 farmers in the first phase. Similarly, about 1818.08 acres were distributed to 2,029 farmers in the second phase.
Works
The Department of Agriculture will develop the land before handing it to the farmers. Works including land reclamation, contour bunding, clearing of bushes and wild growth, agronomical practices, removal of stones, sinking of deep borewells, soil testing and establishment of pump sets will be done by the Department of Agriculture free of cost for the benefit of small and marginal farmers.
Free LPG connections
The release said the district administration had made elaborate arrangements for the second phase of distribution of free LPG connection and gas stoves in the district. Out of a total of 6,432 beneficiaries identified in the district free LPG connection and gas stoves had been distributed to 1,000 beneficiaries till date. The Government had allotted adequate number of gas stoves for the second phase. As many as 3,300 beneficiaries would receive connections on March 17. Arrangements had been made to distribute the remaining connections to beneficiaries before March 31.
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