Farmers urge authorities to remove encroachments from waterbodies
Farmers in Madurai have requested that authorities remove encroachments from local waterbodies and prevent sewage discharge. They also raised concerns regarding the availability of native seed varieties compared to hybrid options.
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Farmers of Madurai district urged the authorities to remove encroachments from waterbodies. They said such issues could be resolved at the block-level. They also urged the authorities to prevent the discharge of sewage into waterbodies.
At the farmers’ grievance redress meeting held on Friday at Madurai Collectorate presided over by Collector Nishant Krishna, farmers complained that even the inlet streams were being encroached upon and urged the authorities to take necessary steps, remove the encroachments and restore the waterbodies. They said three such inlet streams flowing from Nagamalai to Kalyanipatti had been encroached upon.
A section of farmers said a retaining wall was constructed to prevent discharge of sewage into a water canal that connected to Madakulam tank. However, the wall had been breached in Achampathu. Farmers urged the authorities to take necessary steps and prevent the discharge of sewage into the tank.
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