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Mixed response to protective irrigation offer of government
Despite the government\'s announcement of providing water transportation under protective irrigation to withering horticulture crops, there is mixed response to the government announcement as the government\'s assistance is limited to only five acres of land
Tirumala Reddy, a farmer from Garladinne says that the payment procedures should be hassle-free and should not subject farmers to suffering and make them run from pillar to post for the bills payment
Anantapur: Despite the government's announcement of providing water transportation under protective irrigation to withering horticulture crops, there is mixed response to the government announcement as the government's assistance is limited to only five acres of land.
The government announced that 80 per cent of the water transportation costs would be borne by it while the remaining 20 per cent should be borne by the beneficiary. Except for farmers having small land holdings of up to five acres, big farmers will not stand to benefit.
Highlights:
- With the government assistance for providing water transportation limited to just five acres, big farmers seem disinterested
- In a drought district, there should be no discrimination between small and large farmers, the ryots feel
In the drought-prone district of Anantapur, big and small farmers bear the brunt of an erratic monsoon and even big farmers with large land holdings lose heavily as they invest heavily and reap the same losses as the small farmers. In this context, large and medium farmers are not evincing interest in the government announcement as they feel it is a pittance for those who hold 25 to 50 acres.
Not many of the farmers are flocking to the Horticulture offices to make enquiries, says Horticulture deputy director Subbarayudu. The horticulture officers are deputed to the field to make a survey of the withered crop and crop damages and a picture would emerge only after the survey but the farmers on their own are not flocking to the offices to claim the water transportation bills, he adds.
Tirumala Reddy, a farmer from Garladinne says that the payment procedures should be hassle-free and should not subject farmers to suffering and make them run from pillar to post for the bills payment.Rajendar Naidu, another farmer from Raptadu mandal says that his family owns 80 acres of land but what is a water bill for a 5 acres, it is a pittance, he adds. He is demanding the government to pay bills in toto irrespective of land holdings. In a drought district farmers should not be discriminated as small and big farmers.
Subbarayudu revealed that Rs 34 crore has been released to the district for saving withering crops with the help of water tankers. He called upon the farmers to make use of the government assistance and save their standing crops from withering. Based on the survey report the government will be making available more funds depending on the requirement.
By Ravi P Benjamin
