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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Farmers deep in troubled waters -R Balaji

Farmers deep in troubled waters -R Balaji

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published Published on Mar 13, 2017   modified Modified on Mar 13, 2017
-The Hindu Business Line

State govt package is inadequate, unfair and not quick enough, says farm sector

Chennai:
“When there is no water to drink, what can we say about irrigation?” asked K Venkatesan, a farmer near Vridhachalam. Whether canal dependent or bore well irrigated, all crops have withered, he said.

Insurance compensation and the disbursement of the State government’s relief package have to be expedited, said farmers’ representatives.

Farmers have to be fully compensated and the cap of 5 acres for relief has to be removed, they observed.

Tamil Nadu is going through one of the harshest dry spells ever, with the government declaring the entire State drought hit after the south-west monsoons and north-east monsoons failed. The river systems have run dry and ground water is depleted.

Record low

According to official estimates, the normal rainfall during October-December, the NE monsoon, is 440 mm but last season it was down to 168 mm, the lowest in 140 years. The average drop in NE monsoon across the State was around 65 per cent and this was after a deficient SW monsoon.

Saying the dry spell is unprecedented in the State, S Ranganathan, General Secretary of the Cauvery Delta Farmers Welfare Association, pointed out that insurance packages should be made more farmer-oriented and relief measures provided in a timely manner.

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The Hindu Business Line, 12 March, 2017, http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/economy/agri-business/farmers-deep-in-troubled-waters/article9581633.ece?homepage=true


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