Coimbatore: DMK cadres and residents of VKR Avenue near GN Mills staged a protest in front of the city corporation office in Thudiyalur on Tuesday demanding regular drinking water supply to the area.
Drinking water is now supplied to the area only once in two to three weeks, the protesters said. “They used to get water once in 10 days. Water pressure is so low that it takes three hours to fill seven buckets. While there is sufficient water in reservoirs, why can’t the corporation supply water regularly?” asked K Chandrasekaran, secretary of DMK’s 3rd ward.
Residents are forced to shell out a substantial amount to buy water, Chandrasekaran said. “Whenever we raised the issue, officials came up with an excuse or other. They should focus on repairing pipeline leaks.”
Farmers’ bodies thank Palaniswami
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CM meets leaders of agriculturists’ associations
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CM meets leaders of agriculturists’ associations Representatives of several farmers’ welfare groups from the delta region thanked Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami for announcing the waiver for farm loans, worth ₹12,110 crore. availed by 16.43 lakh farmers from cooperative banks.
He met with Tamil Nadu Cauvery Delta Region Farmers’ Welfare Association general secretary Cauvery S. Ranganathan, Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association co-ordinator P.R. Pandiyan, Cauvery Delta Farmers’ Association general secretary Delta V. Sathyanarayanan, Tamil Farmers’ Welfare Association president G. Sethuraman, Tamil Farmers’ Association Tiruvarur district president Payari S. Krishnamani, Tamil Farmers’ Association District secretary Semmangudi M. Rajendran, Kollida Keezhanai Delta Farmers’ Association president P. Vinayagamurthy, Cauvery Delta Farmers’ A
Union Budget 2021: Tamil Nadu farmers not excited
The farming community in the State is a disappointed lot as the Union Budget has failed to address their issues.
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The farming community in the State is a disappointed lot as the Union Budget has failed to address their issues. Most of them expected a one-time farm loan waiver following the Covid and related lockdowns. Sami Natarajan, state secretary of the Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association said, “There were no effective steps announced for fixing remunerative prices for agriculture produce, and no major irrigation schemes to convert rain-fed farm lands into irrigated ones.” Natarajan said that over 55 per cent of the total farm land is rain-fed.
Coimbatore: MP P R Natarajan, along with farmers, staged a protest in front of Bharathiar University on Tuesday, demanding the state government to provide enhanced compensation to the farmers whose land was acquired to set up the varsity in 1982. The MP warned that the farmers would enter the university premises with their cattle in January, if the government didn’t settle the issue.
“In 1982, the state had acquired about 950 acres of agricultural land from more than 400 farmers at Bommanampalayam, Kalveerampalayam, Navavoor and surrounding areas to construct the university by paying them Rs 3,000 to Rs 5,000 per acre. “When the farmers sought an increase in the compensation amount, the government asked them to move the court. Subsequently, the farmers sought the intervention of the high court and the judgement came in their favour in 2005,” said VP Elangovan, state president of Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association.
Protest against new farm laws enters third day in Madurai
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Farmers and members of political parties stage a protest at the Collectorate in Madurai on Wednesday.
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Farmers and members of Left parties staged a protest for the third consecutive day near the Collectorate here on Wednesday, in solidarity with farmers protesting in New Delhi against the recently passed farm laws.
Members of Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Association, Tamil Nadu Sugarcane Farmers Association, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist), and other organisations took part in the protest.
The protesters raised slogans against the Central government. They demanded that the government repeal the agriculture laws.