Ramanathapuram farmers demand crop insurance, flood relief at grievance meeting

Farmers demand crop insurance for damaged crops, flood relief funds, and e-NAM implementation in Southern district.

Farmers, during the grievance meeting here on Friday, raised the issue of non-disbursal of crop insurance amount to those persons whose crops were damaged due to various reasons in the last two years.  

Demanding for the re-survey of damaged crops in the district, farmers said that though the crop insurance amount was released to few farmers, the amount was not released for those whose paddy crops were lost to the unseasonal rains and water scarcity, due to leaving out many areas from the survey process,

Also, as 80% of chilli crops were damaged in the district, the crop insurance amount should be given to those farmers, they added.

More than 50 farmers from Orivayal village of Kadaladi taluk went into a heated argument with the officials for not including the 1,000 acre farmland for compensation, as their paddy crops had damaged due to the unseasonal rains.  

Similarly, a group of farmers from Melasirupothu, Sakkiyankulam and Senthaneri demanded flood relief fund for 2023-24. They alleged that a vast area of crops was washed away during the heavy rains which lashed many parts of the Southern district. 

As they too had not received the crop insurance amount for 2024-25, they urged immediate disbursal of the insurance amount.