Thousands of members of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, All India Agricultural Workers Union (AIAWU) and the All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) staged agitations in front of the Collector’s offices in Thanjavur, Nagapattinam, Tiruvarur and Pudukottai districts on Wednesday demanding sanction of compensation for all cyclone affected people.
The affiliate organisations of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) urged the Centre to declare the cyclone Gaja as a national disaster and release assistance of ₹15,000 crore sought by the State government. They sought that all affected persons be given work for 150 days instead of 100 days a year under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. They demandedsanction of ₹20,000 to all affected families, ₹25,000 for those whose houses were fully damaged, ₹10,000 for all farm labourers and ₹20,000 a coconut tree without any ceiling and better and immediate compensation for all other crops.
U.Vasuki, national vice-president, AIDWA, A.Lazar, State president, AIAWU, and office-bearers of CPI (M) and other affiliate organisations participated in the agitation in Thanjavur.
