Machine installed to determine starch content in tapioca tuber
Staff Reporter
Facility established following complaints of irregularities
NAMAKKAL: The district administration has installed a machine to determine the starch content in tapioca tuber at Cholakkadu village in Kolli Hills.
Collector G. Sundaramurthi inaugurated the facility at a function held in the hills on Sunday.
The facility was established following complaints from farmers that there were widespread irregularities in determining the starch content in tapioca tuber.
Farmers earlier alleged that scientific methods were not being used to determine the starch content.
Stringent action
As a result, the administration convened a meeting with farmers and starch manufacturers recently and decided to install the machine through the Kolli Hills Large Size Multipurpose Cooperative Society.
Mr. Sundaramurthi said the administration would initiate stringent action if persons were found committing irregularities in tapioca tuber procurement.
Cooperative department
Meanwhile, the administration had also directed the cooperative department to facilitate the tapioca tuber procurement in order to eliminate the middlemen, officials said.
A majority of the farmers in Kolli hills were dependent on the income from the tapioca cultivation.
More than 30,000 acres were covered under the tapioca crop in the hills, officials added.
Senthamangalam MLA K. Ponnusamy and senior officials were present during the function.
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