Farmers want DPCs opened in LBP canal ayacut areas in Erode region
The Hindu
With paddy harvesting in Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) canal ayacut areas commencing, Tamilaga Vivasayigal Sangam has urged the district administration to open Direct Purchase Centres (DPCs) in the regi
With paddy harvesting in Lower Bhavani Project (LBP) canal ayacut areas commencing, Tamilaga Vivasayigal Sangam has urged the district administration to open Direct Purchase Centres (DPCs) in the region.
In a letter to the Collector, association’s district secretary Subbu said water was released into the canal to irrigate 1.03 lakh acre in the districts of Erode, Tiruppur and Karur from August 15, 2021. Most of the farmers had cultivated paddy and harvesting had commenced in the region. “Traders purchase paddy from ₹14 to ₹15 a kg causing huge loss to the farmers,” the letter said and added that the government had fixed procurement price of up to ₹20.60 in DPCs. The letter said that if the centres were opened in the ayacut areas, farmers would not be forced to sell their produce to traders at a meagre price.
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