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Distraint proceedings against farmers decried

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Administration urged to refrain banks from such practice

redress meet:Farmers voicing their concerns to G.S. Ramadasu, District Revenue Officer.

PUDUKOTTAI: A cross-section of agriculturists who spoke at the ‘Farmers' Grievances Day'meeting held here on Friday, urged the district administration to direct the banks to refrain from distraint proceedings against farmers who had not repaid their farm loansInitiating a discussion in this regard, S. P. Muthukumaran, District secretary of the CPI-led Tamizhnadu Vivasayigal Sangam, said the farmers were put to great hardship as a few banks had resorted to attachment proceedings at a time when harvest was yet to be taken up.

He also complained that apart from police personnel, a few banks utilised the services of goondas, to threaten the farmers.

G. S. Ramadasu, District Revenue Officer, who presided over the meeting, said banks had resorted to stricter proceedings only in accordance with the guidelines stipulated by the Reserve Bank of India.

Soon, a group of farmers, including RamaTheerthar of Melapanaiyur; A. Ramasamy, president of the Pudukottai District Kallanai Kalvai Ayacutdars Federation and A. Lakshmana Kumar of Virachilai appealed to the official to impress upon the Centre to grant more time till the harvest of the standing crop was completed, to repay the dues. The District Revenue Officer assured the farmers that he would look into the matter.

Unauthorised sand quarrying

A few farmers expressed serious concern over the quarrying of sand at unauthorised sites on the river bed in parts of the district and urged the district administration to initiate urgent action in this regard. M. K. Ramakrishnan, a farmer of Pudukottai, alleged that sand quarrying on unauthorised sites posed a threat to groundwater table in the South Vellar region. Mr. Ramadasu instructed the Public Works Department officials to immediately look in to the matter.

Another farmer V. Veeriah of Avudaiyarkovil pleaded for checking the unauthorised quarrying of sand at Sevittandi Endal village in the Vellar basin.

A. M. Nagendran, Revenue Divisional Officer, Aranthangi, said the Revenue officials kept a vigil against unauthorised quarrying of sand in the river beds.

He appealed to the farmers not to hurl allegations against Revenue officials and desist from furnishing false information.

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