Oppose Mekedatu dam, farmers tell parties
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They urge State govt. to move SC
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Karnataka : Ramanagara : 07/12/2018 : The View of the spot which is actually called the Mekedatu which is 1.5 ahead the place where reservoir is identified by Karnataka Government for the project of construction of balancing reservoir cum drinking water in Ramanagara District on Friday 07 December 2018. Photo : Sudhakara Jain / The Hindu.
They urge State govt. to move SC
The coordination committee of the All Farmers’ Associations in Tamil Nadu has called upon parties to oppose the proposed construction of a dam across the Cauvery at Mekedatu in Karnataka. It also urged the Tamil Nadu government to convene a meeting of all parties and farmers’ associations.
Farmers’ organisations in the central districts and Coimbatore hoisted black flags to express solidarity with the farmers agitating against the three new farm laws in New Delhi, and to press the Union government to repeal the laws
Delta farmers buoyed by Minister’s assessment of kuruvai crop coverage
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Paddy cultivation is set for a brisk start in Thanjavur and Thiruvarur districts, the core delta region, in the wake of the hope expressed by Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare Minister, M. R. K. Panneerselvam that the normal extent of three lakh acres could be covered for kuruvai crop State-wide.
According to official sources, normally 1,35,000 hectares in seven out of 12 districts in delta region would be brought under the kuruvai crop with Thanjavur-Tiruvarur districts accounting for 55 to 60 per cent of the cultivable area.
Farmers, particularly those having their landholdings in old Cauvery delta areas such as Thirukattupalli, Thiruvaiyaru, Kumbakonam and Aduthurai in Thanjavur district and Kudavasal, Nannilam and Mannargudi in Tiruvarur district enjoy the additional benefit of groundwater irrigation facility and usually stick on to the customary dates for kuruvai
Vapour treatment for COVID patients
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TIRUVARUR The Thiruvarur Government District Headquarters Hospital started providing herbal vapour treatment to COVID-19 patients from Friday.
The treatment involving inhalation of herbal vapour for a few minutes repeatedly for two hours in the evening is being provided to the patients at the Corona Ward in association with the Indian Red Cross Society and other social service organisations in Mannargudi.
Siddha Wing doctor Selvam explained that herbal vapour would help clear the breathing tract and lungs of the patients.
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