Plea to enhance farm power connection allotment
The Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Protection Association is urging the state government to double the allotment of farm power connections for 2026-27. They argue that the current allocation is insufficient to address a backlog of over two lakh pending applications, some dating back two decades.
Why it matters
Efficient access to electricity is critical for agricultural productivity, and the backlog highlights systemic administrative delays in public service delivery.
The Tamil Nadu Cauvery Farmers Protection Association has appealed to the Tamil Nadu government to enhance the farm power connection allotment for 2026-27 so as to clear a portion of more than two lakh applications pending for more than two decades.
In a statement addressed to Chief Minister C. Joseph Vijay, association secretary Sundara Vimalanathan has said that a total of 2.86 lakh farmers have registered for free farm power connection, including self-financing scheme, since 2004. At the same time, 89,289 farmers have opted for farm power connection under the ‘tatkal’ scheme by remitting a total of ₹2,431 crore. Out them, 44,993 have been provided with power connection under the scheme till last year.
An allocation of 50,000 farm power connections for 2026-27 will not address the issue of delay in providing free agriculture pump set energisation facility to over two lakh farmers for more than two decades.
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