
Coconut growers in Theni express satisfaction over government’s price support scheme
The Hindu
The district has grown coconuts in 22,500 hectares and close to 3,600 lakh coconuts would be harvested, the District Collector said
District Collector K. V. Muralidharan has appealed to coconut growers in the district to register their names with relevant information such as Aadhaar card, bank account and chitta adangal of the land with the Agricultural Marketing Committee authorities. Speaking to reporters here on Friday, the Collector said that 2,400 metric tons has been fixed as the target for procurement of milling copra and Ball copra varieties from farmers.
The Union and State governments provided support in several ways to the needy people, but private institutions should also extend help, especially to those requiring medical assistance, said C.P. Rajkumar, Managing Director, Nalam Multispeciality Hospital, here on Saturday. Speaking at a function to honour Inspector General of Police V. Balakrishnan and neurologist S. Meenakshisundaram with C. Palaniappan Memorial Award for their contribution to society and Nalam Kappom medical adoption of Type-1 diabetic children, he said the governments implemented numerous welfare programmes, but the timely help by a private hospital or a doctor in the neighbourhood to the people in need would go a long way in safeguarding their lives.












