A total of 12,818 farmers received drought relief to the tune of ₹42.86 crore on Tuesday. Commercial Taxes Minister K.C. Veeramani and Labour Minister Nilofer Kafeel handed over the orders for the relief amount, which has been deposited in the bank, to the farmers.
The relief was being distributed across the State following Chief Minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami’s announcement. The government had announced drought relief of ₹42.86 crore for Vellore district. A total of 12,581 farmers, who had raised agricultural cropsand were affected by drought, received the relief amount. In addition, 228 horticulture farmers and nine sericulture farmers received the relief amount, a press release said.
An enumeration of drought-affected crops was undertaken in the district under the supervision of Collector. On the agricultural crops side, it was found that more than 33 per cent of crops such as paddy, maize, ragi, pulses and sugarcane raised on 5,210.30 hectares were affected. Vegetables and crops raised on 50.02 hectares through the Horticulture Department and mulberry yield on 4.858 hectares of area were hit by drought. A report was submitted to the government.
Collector S.A. Raman was present.
