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Farmers complain of harassment

DAVANGERE: Janata Dal (Secular) leader Sathish Koolenahalli and president of the farmers’ wing of the party Nageshwara Rao have objected to officials demanding that farmers produce a number of documents to get their share of fertilizers.

Speaking to presspersons here on Thursday, Mr. Koolenahalli, a former president of the Davangere Agricultural Produce Marketing Committee (APMC), and Mr. Rao said that the authorities were demanding that farmers produce “pahani” certificate, “katha” certificate, cultivation certificate and so on.

The authorities should not ask farmers to produce so many documents to get a quintal of fertilizers. “Procedural wrangles might further discourage farmers and enrage them,” they said.

The district administration has made it mandatory for farmers to produce “katha” certificate to establish that they are genuine farmers.

Mr. Koolenahalli said that Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa had made contradictory statements regarding the fertilizer situation in the State and noted that it was high time that the Government made arrangements to make fertilizers available to farmers.

Both Mr. Koolenahalli and Mr. Rao condemned the firing on farmers in Haveri, which they felt was a bad beginning to Mr. Yeddyurappa’s term as Chief Minister.

Deputy Commissioner of Davangere district M.B. Dyaberi told The Hindu that he had clearly instructed the authorities to ask the farmers to produce only “katha” certificate. He appealed to farmers to lodge a complaint with him if any official demanded any other certificate to release the quota of fertilizers to them.

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