Farmers await rain to start Samba season in MaduraiFarmers await rain to start Samba season in Madurai
1 year, 6 months ago

Farmers await rain to start Samba season in MaduraiFarmers await rain to start Samba season in Madurai

New Indian Express  

Thousands of farmers rely on the Vaigai River for irrigation in Madurai and Ramanathapuram districts. Samba season works usually start by August-September in areas that are directly irrigated by Vaigai water. As the water has not been released for the season, farmers in these areas are playing the waiting game while farmers in rain-fed areas have started final preparation works. MP Raman, honorary president of the Tamil Nadu Federation of All Farmers Association, said Kuruvai season has failed in Madurai as many farmers refrained from doing cultivation over irrigation woes. "With the onset of samba season, Vaigai water has not been released leaving farmers high and dry.

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Delta farmers may skip kuruvai for samba crop over 'delay' in River Cauvery water release
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Delta farmers may skip kuruvai for samba crop over 'delay' in River Cauvery water release

New Indian Express  

NAGAPATTINAM: Even as farmers in the district celebrated the opening of the Mettur dam on Sunday, several of them, pointing to the River Cauvery water release coming after a near 50-day gap from the customary date of June 12, expressed doubts on pursuing a successful kuruvai cultivation now. Following the opening of the Mettur dam shutters around 3 pm on …

Ramanathapuram to get 100 DPCs for procuring 1 lakh tonnes of samba paddy in TN
1 year, 7 months ago

Ramanathapuram to get 100 DPCs for procuring 1 lakh tonnes of samba paddy in TN

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: With the cultivation season soon to commence following the arrival of Vaigai water, a special proposal has been sent for establishing around 100 direct procurement centres for procuring samba paddy in Ramanathapuram. According to sources, August-September is one of the biggest cultivation seasons in Ramanathapuram, as much as 1.3 lakh hectares of agricultural lands would be used for samba …

Tamil Nadu farmers await water release in Vaigai river for beginning Samba works
1 year, 7 months ago

Tamil Nadu farmers await water release in Vaigai river for beginning Samba works

New Indian Express  

MADURAI: With just a few weeks remaining before the commencement of the Samba paddy cultivation season, farmers are still hesitant in engaging in preparatory works in Madurai. Accordingly, considering the low storage, water was not released for the first crop from the dam, which greatly affected the Kuruvai season earlier this year, sources said, adding that this has triggered fear …

Samba preparatory works yet to gain pace in Ramnad
1 year, 8 months ago

Samba preparatory works yet to gain pace in Ramnad

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: Struggling over the failure of the previous season, the recent announcement of declaring 11 blocks in the district as 'moderate drought hit' has made the farmers happy. Despite the district receiving incessant rainfall for consecutive days, farmers are yet to carry out preparatory works in some blocks. However, officials stated that with the summer ploughing having been completed, the …

50 per cent harvest of Samba paddy crop completed in TN's Ramanathapuram
2 years, 1 month ago

50 per cent harvest of Samba paddy crop completed in TN's Ramanathapuram

New Indian Express  

RAMANATHAPURAM: Despite the prolonged irrigation woes affecting over 60% of paddy cultivation in Ramanathapuram, over 50% of the harvest process has been completed, providing hope for farmers in the district who now look forward to cultivating cotton as the second crop in the upcoming season. Being one of the largest paddy cultivation in the state, about 1.3 lakh hectares were …

Samba paddy fields turn into cattle grazing grounds
8 years, 3 months ago

Samba paddy fields turn into cattle grazing grounds

Deccan Chronicle  

Thanjavur: Samba paddy fields in Thanjavur district have become grazing grounds for cattle as farmers do not have water to sustain the crop raised by them this year, with rains being poor and release from the Mettur dam stopped due to poor storage. A cow was grazing the 50 day old Andhra Ponni paddy crop raised in a field at …

Rain raises hopes of paddy farmers in non-delta areas
10 years, 5 months ago

Rain raises hopes of paddy farmers in non-delta areas

The Hindu  

Moderate and widespread showers in the city on Friday has raised hopes of farmers in the non-delta areas in the district where agricultural operations could not be taken up so far this year because of lack of water for irrigation. Although farmers in the canal-irrigated delta areas were able to take up samba cultivation after the release of water from …

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