Farmers protest on Poompuhar road near Sirkazhi over crop damage from unseasonal rain
2 months ago

Farmers protest on Poompuhar road near Sirkazhi over crop damage from unseasonal rain

The Hindu  

Farmers on Wednesday staged a road blockade on Poompuhar Main Road at Dharmakulam Market Street near Sirkazhi, protesting against officials for allegedly failing to inspect crops damaged by unseasonal rain. The unseasonal rain last week caused damage to samba paddy crop that were ready for harvest in more than 15 villages including Thiruvengadu, Radhanallur, Manigramam, Melayur, Neithavalam, Vanagiri, Melaperumpallam, and Keezhperumpallam. Led by Melayur Farmers Association President Rajadurai, over 100 farmers took to the streets, holding damaged paddy crops in their hands and raising slogans condemning the inaction of officials. Later, senior agricultural officials arrived and assured the farmers that the damaged crops would be assessed, and relief measures initiated promptly.

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Farmers stage road blockade against road project in Dindigul
1 month ago

Farmers stage road blockade against road project in Dindigul

The Hindu  

The residents of Othakadai in Dindigul district on Wednesday staged a road blockade demanding better compensation for lands being acquired for a ring road project. As part of the 21 km long 100 feet ring road project from Tiruchi road to Panjampatti, lands were being acquired around Othakadai, Periyakottai, Pillamma Nayakanpatti, Kasturi Nayakanpatti and other places. The farmers alleged that …

Crop lodging due to unseasonal rains affects paddy farmers in Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam
2 months, 1 week ago

Crop lodging due to unseasonal rains affects paddy farmers in Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam

The Hindu  

Unseasonal rain on January 18 and 19 has caused lodging of the samba paddy crop across Mayiladuthurai and Nagapattinam districts, leaving farmers in distress. In Mayiladuthurai, 27,000 hectares of paddy fields were reportedly affected due to crop lodging out of its 69,000 hectares total samba, while Nagapattinam reported crop lodging across 9,712 hectares of its 62,932 hectares of samba cultivation. …

Farmers seek relief for damaged crops
2 months, 1 week ago

Farmers seek relief for damaged crops

The Hindu  

Farmers carrying sheaves damaged in the two-day rain that lashed parts of Ramanathapuram district sought damage to the crop loss at the weekly grievance redress meeting on Monday. Though the recent unseasonal rain affected some parts of Ramanathapuram district, the damage is more pronounced in Tiruvadanai and RS Mangalam areas, the main paddy-growing regions, besides Thangachimadam and Mudukulathur. S. Karthigaichamy …

Officials inspect crops damaged by northeast monsoon in Nagapattinam
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Officials inspect crops damaged by northeast monsoon in Nagapattinam

The Hindu  

Nagapattinam District Monitoring Officer and Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation Managing Director A. Annadurai inspected crop damages caused by the northeast monsoon in the district on Wednesday. During the 2024–2025 samba and thaladi seasons, paddy was cultivated over 65,554.11 hectares, and groundnuts were grown on 399.26 hectares in the district. The heavy northeast monsoon rains caused damage to 8,319.85 hectares …

Crop loss leads to farmer death in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur, fuels local protest
3 months ago

Crop loss leads to farmer death in Odisha's Jagatsinghpur, fuels local protest

New Indian Express  

JAGATSINGHPUR: The death of a farmer, allegedly due to shock in the aftermath of crop loss, has added fuel to the wave of protests by the farming community already under distress due to the damage caused by the unseasonal rains in Jagatsinghpur. Meanwhile, Dhruba Charan Swain, a 60-year-old farmer from Chandpura village in Bansha Panchayat died after his paddy crop …

Relief to crops damaged by rain after assessment: TN Agriculture Minister
4 months ago

Relief to crops damaged by rain after assessment: TN Agriculture Minister

New Indian Express  

CUDDALORE: After conducting proper assessments, relief would be provided to farmers for crop damage during the recent rains, said Tamil Nadu Minister for Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare M R K Panneerselvam on Friday. Relief would be provided, after assessments, if crop losses exceed 33%, he said, adding that the agriculture and horticulture departments are prepared to undertake the assessment work …

Heavy crop damage reported in erstwhile Adilabad district
1 year ago

Heavy crop damage reported in erstwhile Adilabad district

New Indian Express  

ADILABAD: Unseasonal rains and hailstorms in the erstwhile Adilabad district have caused extensive damage to hundreds of acres of sorghum, maize, paddy and other crops. Agricultural staffers, led by District Agriculture Officer Pullaiah, and Congress Talamadugu Mandal ZPTC member Goka Ganesh Reddy inspected the damaged crops in Barampur, Pali B, and Palli K in the Talamadugu mandal. Ganesh Reddy submitted …

AP farmers told not to worry about paddy caught in rain, compensation promised
1 year, 3 months ago

AP farmers told not to worry about paddy caught in rain, compensation promised

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Civil supplies minister Karumuri Venkata Nageswara Rao and BC Welfare Minister Chelluboyina Srinivasa Venu Gopalakrishna visited the paddyfields in their constituencies where the harvested paddy was heaped on the grounds, on Monday. Nageswara Rao said the harvested paddy has been carried to the nearest rice mills on a war-footing. The paddy in Krishna district would be sent to the …

Farmers protest against ‘slow pace’ of paddy procurement, demand purchase of entire rain-soaked paddy
1 year, 9 months ago

Farmers protest against ‘slow pace’ of paddy procurement, demand purchase of entire rain-soaked paddy

The Hindu  

Hours after a sudden spell of unseasonal rain lashed parts of the old undivided Warangal and Karimnagar districts in the early hours of Tuesday, irate farmers staged sit-in protests in Manthani of Peddapalli district and Ghanapuram of Jayashankar Bhupalpally district demanding immediate procurement of the rain-soaked paddy to alleviate their woes. A group of farmers dumped their paddy bags on …

Farmers to intensify agitation for crop damage compensation
1 year, 10 months ago

Farmers to intensify agitation for crop damage compensation

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Irked at the inordinate delay, farmers spilled onto the roads demanding immediate disbursement of compensation for the crop damages they have suffered due to thunder and hail storms from March 17 to 21. Agriculture officials carried out a field survey and identified that 1,30,988 farmers, including tenant farmers, had incurred losses due to untimely rains. In the Warangal district, …

Compensation for crop damage: Farmers block Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway near Samrala
1 year, 11 months ago

Compensation for crop damage: Farmers block Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway near Samrala

Hindustan Times  

Seeking girdawari of damaged crops due to rain and compensation for the last year’s damaged paddy crops, farmers from Khanna on Tuesday staged a protest against the state government and blocked the Dyalpura bypass at the Ludhiana-Chandigarh highway. Hardeep Singh, district president of Bharti Kisan Union, said that rain has caused heavy damage to the crops. Chief minister Bhagwant Mann …

Unseasonal rains damaged crops over 42,000 hectares in Gujarat; Govt financial assistance soon
1 year, 11 months ago

Unseasonal rains damaged crops over 42,000 hectares in Gujarat; Govt financial assistance soon

India TV News  

Unseasonal rains in March damaged crops and horticultural produce on more than 42,000 hectares in 15 districts in Gujarat. Over 33 per cent crops damaged As per the State Disaster Response Fund norms, crop loss must be more than 33 per cent for a farmer to be eligible for assistance, said Patel who is also a government spokesperson. "The survey …

Rains damage crops in north Telangana
2 years ago

Rains damage crops in north Telangana

Deccan Chronicle  

Adilabad: Standing crops have got damaged due to hailstorms and heavy rains at various places in Adilabad and Mancherial districts on Sunday. Maize, sesame and chana crops have suffered in Dannur, Keshavapatnam, Kupti, Kanugutta, Kumari, Kuchulapur, Dhanora, Kauta, Pochera and Sonala villages in Boath assembly constituency. Farmer Ramanavenu Devender of Kumari village in Neredigonda mandal of Boath constituency said he …

Andhra Pradesh: Rain-hit farmers seek assistance from state government
2 years ago

Andhra Pradesh: Rain-hit farmers seek assistance from state government

Deccan Chronicle  

Kakinada: Farmers are in dire straits as their harvested crop has been badly damaged due to the recent rain. Standing crops like tobacco, maize, lime, chilli, mango, Papaya, banana, drumsticks and the harvested crop in some of the villages have been damaged. Farmers have requested the government to purchase their crop with MSP as traders are not coming forward to …

Heavy rain in parts of south and north Karnataka
2 years, 6 months ago

Heavy rain in parts of south and north Karnataka

The Hindu  

Rain pounded several parts of South Karnataka, causing damage to crops and inundating homes. There were reports of heavy rain from parts of North Karnataka too, particularly Dharwad district. The breach, which was noticed at Hosa Anandur after Sunday’s heavy rain, is said to have damaged standing crops in several acres of land and the exact loss is being estimated …

Farmers Protest Updates: Talks must continue, says MoS Agriculture Parshottam Rupala on meeting scheduled for 15 January
4 years, 2 months ago

Farmers Protest Updates: Talks must continue, says MoS Agriculture Parshottam Rupala on meeting scheduled for 15 January

Firstpost  

Farmers Protest Updates: ‘It is only through dialogue, a way forward can be found,’ Rupala told PTI. Farmers unions have also shown willingness to attend the scheduled ninth round of talks but have insisted on a complete repeal of the agri laws Farmers Protest LATEST Updates: Senior Congress leader Siddaramaiah demanded that the Centre’s new farm laws be withdrawn, a …

Farmers in Karnataka protest in solidarity with Delhi counterparts
4 years, 3 months ago

Farmers in Karnataka protest in solidarity with Delhi counterparts

The Hindu  

Multiple farmers’ organisations in the State, outraged by the “shabby treatment” meted out to protesting farmers in Delhi, have now threatened to go on a series of strikes in the State from Tuesday. “In my 40 years of public life, I have never seen any government that has ill-treated farmers like enemies of the State, deploying paramilitary forces and not …

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Farmers Go Shirtless at Punjab 'Rail Roko'; 70 RLD Workers Booked in UP
4 years, 6 months ago

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Farmers Go Shirtless at Punjab 'Rail Roko'; 70 RLD Workers Booked in UP

News 18  

Farmers’ Protests LIVE Updates: Squatting on a railway track in Punjab’s Amritsar as part of their ‘rail roko’ protest, a group of farmers affiliated with the Kisan Mazdoor Sangharsh Committee went shirtless in protest against the three agri-marketing bills passed recently by Parliament. The most widespread protests were in Punjab and Haryana, but demonstrations were also reported from Uttar Pradesh, …

UP farmers, demanding better compensation for land, clash with police
5 years, 4 months ago

UP farmers, demanding better compensation for land, clash with police

India TV News  

Farmers, demanding better compensation for their land acquired for a residential project here, clashed with police on Saturday when government officials visited the site to clear encroachment. Many policemen, including the additional SP, were also injured as the protestors targeted them with stones, District Magistrate Devendra Kumar Pandey said. The farmers are demanding better compensation for their land acquired for …

Kumarswamy sees BJP hand in farmers’ protests
6 years, 4 months ago

Kumarswamy sees BJP hand in farmers’ protests

Live Mint  

Bengaluru: Karnataka chief minister H.D.Kumaraswamy on Monday said nationalised banks were issuing notices to farmers and not the state government as alleged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, setting up another confrontation between the coalition in the state and the Bharatiya Janata Party at the Centre. The BJP has been trying to corner the Janata Dal -Congress coalition government over a …

Odisha farmers protest non-procurement of paddy, blocked road at three places in protest
7 years, 9 months ago

Odisha farmers protest non-procurement of paddy, blocked road at three places in protest

Firstpost  

Farmers in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Thursday put up a road blockade in at least three places to protest against non-procurement of paddy at the designated centres. Bhawanipatna: Farmers in Odisha’s Kalahandi district on Thursday put up a road blockade in at least three places, including on NH 26 in protest against non-procurement of paddy at the designated centres. Rabi …

Team visits drought-hit areas of Nellai district
8 years, 2 months ago

Team visits drought-hit areas of Nellai district

The Hindu  

Even as more than 80 per cent of the crops, both paddy and rainfed crops, cultivated in the district have wilted due to acute water scarcity caused by monsoon failure, a team of officials, led by Rajendra Kumar, Principal Secretary, Department of Youth Welfare and Sports, visited the affected areas in the district on Friday. Since the district is reeling …

Tamil Nadu: Big protest by farmers in southern districts
8 years, 2 months ago

Tamil Nadu: Big protest by farmers in southern districts

Deccan Chronicle  

Madurai: Thousands of farmers from Madurai and neighbouring districts staged protests on Wednesday demanding the State government to declare Tamil Nadu as drought-hit. Stating that paddy cultivated in nearly 40,000 acres in double crop areas in Chellampatti and Alanganallur blocks were hit due to lack of rainfall, the members of Tamil Nadu Farmers Association, who organised a waiting protest attempted …

Belagavi: Protests continue, Athani farmer attempts immolation
9 years ago

Belagavi: Protests continue, Athani farmer attempts immolation

Deccan Chronicle  

BELAGAVI: A farmer doused himself in diesel and attempted immolation at Athani during protests against police action against farmers in Bengaluru on Thursday even as traffic was disrupted in several parts of this border on Saturday. Another gathering of farmers at Chennamma Circle in Belagavi brought traffic to a grinding halt for several hours as they staged a dharna today. …

Maharashtra farmers protest Telangana move
9 years, 1 month ago

Maharashtra farmers protest Telangana move

Deccan Chronicle  

Karimnagar: Farmers belonging to the villages of Maharashtra are up in arms against the proposed barrage across Godavari at Medigadda in Mahadevapur mandal which would be built as a part of the redesigned Praniheta-Chevella irrigation project. It may be recalled that following objections of the Maharashtra government over the height of a barrage belonging to the Pranahita project to be …

Farmers' protest turns violent
13 years, 3 months ago

Farmers' protest turns violent

The Hindu  

A protest organised by farmers against the Kerala government's stand on the Mullaperiyar dam issue turned violent in Theni district on Wednesday and the police used force to disperse them at Goodalur and Cumbum. Road block Over 1220 MDMK workers, including State propaganda secretary Nanjil Sampath, were taken into custody when they blocked traffic on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border near …

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