Farmers demand separate budget for agriculture

December 18, 2014 12:19 pm | Updated 12:19 pm IST - TIRUCHI:

Farmers staging demonstration in Chatram Bus Stand in Tiruchi on Wednesday. Photo: M. Srinath.

Farmers staging demonstration in Chatram Bus Stand in Tiruchi on Wednesday. Photo: M. Srinath.

Members of the Tamizhaga Eri and Aatru Paasana Vivasayigal Sangam staged a demonstration here on Wednesday in support of their charter of demands.

Led by the State president of the sangam, P.Viswanathan, the demonstration was held near the Chathram bus stand.

The demonstrators urged the Central government not to accord permission for constructing reservoir across the Cauvery River at Mekedatu in Karnataka and a check dam across the Paambaaru in Kerala.

While demanding a separate budget for agriculture, the sangam wanted the Central government to bring back the old crop insurance scheme.

It wanted the State government to announce Rs.75 per kilogram for cotton and Rs.2,000 per quintal for maize.

Grant of Rs.3,000 as pension for every farmer above the age of 60 years and dredging of tanks and supply channels in Tiruchi district were among their other demands.

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