Relief Package for farmers at Delta Region
Posted on: 06/Dec/2012 2:51:30 PM
Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa announces relief fund of Rs.70crores for the Delta region farmers to save the rest of the samba crops from extreme dry.
She announced it for delta farmers on Wednesday. Shortly after the Supreme Court came to Tamil Nadu farmers’ rescue by directing Karnataka to release 10,000 cusecs of water, chief minister J Jayalalithaa announced a Rs 70 crore relief package for farmers to save the standing samba crops.and she added that among other announcements, also declared the extension of the 12-hour power supply to farmers since November 29 till February 2013 to enable farmers pump groundwater for irrigation.
The package also includes disbursement of Rs 600 per acre as diesel subsidy to farmers who use nearly 32,000 diesel pump sets in the delta region. An amount of Rs 15 crore has been apportioned for diesel subsidy. She added that the relief up to Rs 13,692 per acre would be given from the state disaster management fund and crop insurance schemes to farmers who have incurred crop loss. The state government would spend Rs 30 crore towards paying the crop insurance premium of the farmers, which would bring all delta farmers under the crop insurance cover.
To help the delta region farmers the govt going to pay another provision that multi-purpose boom sprayer, MOP fertilizers and 500 mini-portable sprinklers are some of the other measures being taken up by the government to help farmers in the delta region.Morover she said that the awareness programmes will be held that to save the samba crop in dry climate or time. Ms Jayalalithaa said Rs 12 crore would be allocated for providing 100 per cent subsidy to buy and lay HDPE (high density poly ethylene) pipes that would reduce water loss from the main channels to the farm lands. The Tamil Nadu chief minister also said efforts would also be made to provide employment to farmers who have lost their jobs due to drought situation under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme.(MGNRES).by these announcements Farmers in delta regions are in happy mood.
