Ramanathapuram farmers demand crop insurance, flood relief at grievance meeting
Farmers, during the grievance meeting here on Friday, raised the issue of non-disbursal of crop insurance amount to those persons whose crops were damaged due to various reasons in the last two years.
Demanding for the re-survey of damaged crops in the district, farmers said that though the crop insurance amount was released to few farmers, the amount was not released for those whose paddy crops were lost to the unseasonal rains and water scarcity, due to leaving out many areas from the survey process,
Also, as 80% of chilli crops were damaged in the district, the crop insurance amount should be given to those farmers, they added.
More than 50 farmers from Orivayal village of Kadaladi taluk went into a heated argument with the officials for not including the 1,000 acre farmland for compensation, as their paddy crops had damaged due to the unseasonal rains.
Similarly, a group of farmers from Melasirupothu, Sakkiyankulam and Senthaneri demanded flood relief fund for 2023-24. They alleged that a vast area of crops was washed away during the heavy rains which lashed many parts of the Southern district.
As they too had not received the crop insurance amount for 2024-25, they urged immediate disbursal of the insurance amount.
Michael, a farmer from Mudukulathur, said that the e-NAM, an online platform that connects agricultural commodity traders and primarily farmers, with buyers across India, which was started in the Paramakudi regulated market in 2015 was yet to kick off. He added that the crop insurance was not released for the farmers of Vagaikulam village in Kadaladi taluk.
'Farmers who have grown cotton in several acres of land in Paramakudi, Kamuthi taluk have suffered loss due to the damage caused by wild boars,' said Malaichamy, a farmer from Paramakudi.
Though they have submitted petitions regarding their grievance with the forest department officials, he said that the officials without a proper survey were denying the presence of wild boars in the nearby areas.
District Collector Simranjeet Singh Kahlon assured the farmers that their demands would be directed to the departments concerned and the process for addressing them would be expedited.
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