Build confidence among farmers

Adilabad: The onus is on administration to take necessary measures to stop the farmers committing suicide, District Collector D Divya said. Speaking to the officials at the Zilla Parishad Hall here on Tuesday, she emphasised the need for building confidence among the farmers especially when their morale is low. She directed the officials to bring awareness about the benefits of Kisan Mitra programme.

“The State government is taking all the measures required for the development of agriculture sector. This apart, the government is also providing compensation to those families of suicide victims,” Divya said.

She directed the MPDOs to organise Gram Sabhas and prepare the list of beneficiaries eligible under the Tribal Cooperative Finance Corporation Ltd (TRICOR) scheme. Joint collector Krishna Reddy, RDOs Suryanarayana and Jagadishwar Reddy, ZP chief executive officer Jithender Reddy, DRDO PD Rajeshwar Rathod and Agriculture Officer Asha Kumari were among others present.