Farmers highlight irregularities at DPCs, indiscriminate stone quarrying, damage to crops by wild animals at grievance day meeting
Farmers raised several concerns during a grievance meeting at the Madurai Collectorate, including issues at direct purchase centres and crop damage caused by wild animals. The Collector assured that a helpline would be established to address complaints and emphasized the need for timely payments for procured paddy. Other issues discussed included illegal stone quarrying and the need for better management of agricultural resources.
- ▪Farmers highlighted irregularities at direct purchase centres during a grievance meeting.
- ▪The Collector announced plans for a helpline to address farmers' complaints.
- ▪Concerns were raised about crop damage from wild animals and illegal stone quarrying in the district.
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Irregularities at direct purchase centres, indiscriminate stone quarrying, damage to crops by wild animals and various other issues were highlighted by the farmers at the farmers grievance redress meeting held at Madurai Collectorate on Friday.At the meeting presided over by Madurai Collector K.J. Praveen Kumar, farmers complained about the handling charges and other issues at DPCs in the district.The Collector said a meeting would be held in this regard and a helpline number would be generated to hear the complaints.Farmers also complained about the delay in disbursing payment for the paddy procured by the National Cooperative Consumers Federation of India (NCCF). The Collector said pending payments should be made otherwise it would attract criminal proceedings.
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