Delta farmers plea to officials
Delta farmers in Tamil Nadu are urging the Agriculture Engineering Department to speed up the desilting of minor distributary and field irrigation canals. They note that the State government has already issued administrative sanctions for the work. Farmers' leaders Sundara Vimalanathan and P. R. Pandian emphasized the need for timely action to ensure efficient water flow for cultivation. The appeal highlights ongoing concerns over irrigation infrastructure maintenance in the Cauvery delta region.
- ▪Delta farmers have called on the AED to accelerate desilting of irrigation canals.
- ▪Administrative sanctions for the desilting work have been approved by the State government.
- ▪Sundara Vimalanathan, secretary of the Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Protection Association, issued a statement on the matter.
- ▪P. R. Pandian, president of the Coordination Committee of All Farmers Associations of Tamil Nadu, also supported the appeal.
- ▪The desilting is intended to improve water delivery in minor distributary and field canals.
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Delta farmers have urged the Agriculture Engineering Department (AED) to expedite desilting of minor distributary and field irrigation canals.In separate statements issued recently, Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Protection Association secretary Sundara Vimalanathan and Coordination Committee of All Farmers Associations of Tamil Nadu president P. R. Pandian pointed out that administrative sanctions had been issued by the State government for taking up desilting of irrigation canals.
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