Sugarcane farmers urge price hike, villagers petition against STPs in Salem
Monday’s grievances redressal meeting at the Salem Collectorate saw petitions seeking an increase in the procurement price of sugarcane and against the setting up of sewage treatment plants in Edaganasalai.
A petition by members of the Tamil Nadu Iyarkai Vivasayigal Munnetra Sangam to District Collector R. Brindha Devi expressed concerns about the low prices for paddy and sugarcane, which caused farmers to suffer losses. The petition also highlighted the impact of increasing prices for manure and labour and called on the government to raise the procurement price for paddy to ₹3,500 per quintal and sugarcane to ₹5,000 per tonne in the upcoming agriculture budget. The farmers’ body also urged the government to sell coconut oil and groundnut oil in fair price shops to support the livelihoods of coconut and groundnut farmers…..
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