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Farmers demand expeditious disbursal of crop loans

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fresh hopes ahead:District Revenue Officer K. Petchiammal giving away cash prize to a farmer at the grievances day meeting, in the city on Friday.

TIRUCHI: Farmers representatives of Tiruchi district have urged the district administration to ensure expeditious disbursal of crop loans in view of the State government's decision to open the Mettur reservoir for irrigation on June 6.

Raising the issue at the farmers grievances day meeting chaired by K.Petchiammal, District Revenue Officer, here on Friday, C.Masilamani, district secretary, Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, said nationalised banks and cooperative societies should sanction crop loans in time for farmers to take up kuruvai cultivation.

He called upon the officials to carry out repair and desilting work on irrigation channels immediately. Fertilizers should be made available in time, he said.

G.Kanagasabai, president, District Cauvery Delta Farmers Welfare Association, emphasised the need for releasing adequate quantum of water in the Cauvery so to ensure that the water reached the tail end areas and also the 17 irrigation channels. He also called upon the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation to provide at least six hours of uninterrupted power supply to farm connections during the day.

R.Subramaniam, deputy secretary of the association, urged the district authorities to ensure that adequate funds were made available with the cooperative societies to enable them sanction crop loans to farmers in time.

A meeting with officials of the district central cooperative bank and cooperative societies should be convened to expedite the sanction and disbursal of crop loans.

Ayilai Siva. Suriyan, district secretary, Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the CPI, said water should be released in the Uyyakondan and Kattalai High Level Canal till June 6 to meet the requirements of standing crops.

P.Ayyakannu, vice president, Bharathiya Kisan Sangam, suggested that weekly meetings be convened with TANGEDCO officials to discuss problems in power supply.

A cross section of the farmers representatives also urged the district administration to recommend adequate compensation for farmers whose banana and betel vine crops were damaged in gales in the district over the past couple of months.

N.Veerasekaran, coordinator, Ayyan Vaical Ayacutdars Association, demanded a substantial increase in the compensation amount. Mr.Siva.Suriyan demanded a compensation of Rs.1.50 lakh an acre for the damaged banana and Rs.5 lakh an acre for betel vine.

Agriculture Department officials informed farmers that 80 tonnes of certified seeds of ADT 36 and ADT 43 varieties were available in the district and already about 18 tonnes have been distributed. About 10,110 tonnes of urea, 2,560 tonnes of DAP, 3, 716 tonnes of potash and 4,214 tonnes of complex fertilisers were available in the district.

Farmers who won in the district-level competition on registering maximum yield per hectare in paddy and ‘cumbu' were honoured with cash prizes at the meeting.

V. Ganapathy of Pallakadu village in Manikandam block who registered a maximum yield of 12,050 kg under the ‘system of rice intensification' technique, got the first prize of Rs.15,000.

He had raised Co-43 variety. R. Nallusamy of Periyakodunthurai village in Musiri block, who raised BPT-5204 variety and harvested 9,870 kg through the SRI technique got the second prize of Rs.10,000.

Two ‘cumbu' cultivators, R. Kumar of Musiri who harvested 5,430 kg got the first prize of Rs.10,000. He had raised ICMV 221 variety. Mohammad Sulaiman of Vaiyampatti who raised cumbu penna 4959 variety, harvested 5,140 kg. He got a cash prize of Rs.5,000.

Ms.Petchiammal gave away the prizes to the farmers.

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