Farmers belonging to Tamiraparani River Water Protection Federation have sought the intervention of the district administration to distribute seeds and subsidised urea as compensation for lack gram crops damaged owing to unseasonal rains this summer.
Showing the damaged crop at the Collectorate here on Monday, C. Nainar Kulasekaran, founder of the federation, claimed that black gram crop cultivated on 2,165 acres near Srivaikuntam kaspa irrigation tank suffered damage and the farmers suffered losses to the tune of Rs. 6 crore. The farmers were expecting yield of two to three quintals per acre.
Currently, there was a demand for black gram which fetched Rs.10,000 per quintal in the market, he said. He submitted a petition to Collector M. Ravikumar seeking compensation for farmers and immediate release of water from the Tamiraparani for ‘kar’ season.
