Ensure that the special package announced by the State Government for the delta farmers reached the intended beneficiaries in time, Information Secretary and Monitoring Officer for Thanjavur district M. Rajaram told officials during a review meeting here.
With storage in Mettur Dam inadequate for opening on June 12 for kuruvai cultivation in delta districts, the government came up with a special package to those who were in a position to take up cultivation through auxiliary irrigation sources. Officials in various departments such as revenue, agriculture, PWD, TANGEDCO, cooperatives and animal husbandry must coordinate and take benefits to needy farmers in time, he said.
The senior official pointed out that the PWD must dredge and desilt irrigation channels ahead of the season and intended water release so that the flow reaches even the tail end areas. At a time when there was no power shortage, the TANGEDCO authorities must be prepared for emergency situations and help farmers tide over any critical situation by addressing faults immediately.
The Department of Animal Husbandry must visit the households that have benefited from cattle distribution scheme and ensure the well being of cattle given to them. Likewise, the Department of Cooperatives must keep ready adequate seeds and agricultural inputs in primary agricultural cooperative societies besides taking steps to extend enough credit as farm loans to farmers, the officer said.
Collector N. Subbaiyan and District Revenue Officer P. Chandrasekaran participated in the deliberations.
Earlier, Mr. Rajaram inspected the construction of new buildings on the Tamil University campus at a cost of Rs. 4.58 crore, individual toilets under construction at Pillayarpatti and development works on the Thanjavur Medical College campus.
At the Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Saraswati Mahal Library, he inaugurated a Telugu workshop and recalled that Telugu was the court language during the reign of Nayaks and there were hundreds of Telugu manuscripts and palm leaf manuscripts in the library. He gave away certificates to those who had completed the workshop session in the previous batch.
