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Agriculture | Convicts take up paddy cultivation on prison land

Convicts take up paddy cultivation on prison land

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published Published on Dec 1, 2015   modified Modified on Dec 1, 2015
-The Hindu

ADT-39 variety has been planted and 60 prisoners involved in raising the crop

TIRUCHI:
Expanding farming activity on its vast stretch of lands, the Tiruchi Central Prison authorities have gone for paddy cultivation.

Paddy nurseries were planted on two acres of jail lands by engaging convicts recently. Prison authorities said the ADT-39 variety had been planted and the harvest would be done in three months. Ahead of taking up this activity, the land chosen for paddy cultivation was applied with organic manure to enrich the soil.

The existing well in the farm land would be the water source for paddy cultivation, Superintendent of Prisons A. Murugesan said. A team of 16 convicts had been assigned the job to monitor the crop and ensure periodic water supply to the land.

A good yield was expected from the paddy cultivation, he said and added that rice would be utilised for the prison bazaar run by a group of convicts dishing out a slew of food items.

The prison authorities had brought 65 acres of jail lands abutting the sprawling Central Prison premises into productive use by raising various crops.

Around 60 convicts were engaged in farming activities and wages being paid to them for embarking in the productive vocation, Mr. Murugesan said.

Coconut, banana, mango, jackfruit, sugarcane, and lemon besides a host of vegetables were raised on jail lands at present.

Mr. Murugesan said plans were afoot to go in for beekeeping and country chicken farming in the near future.
 
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The Hindu, 30 November, 2015, http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/convicts-take-up-paddy-cultivation-on-prison-land/article7932401.ece


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