Paddy farmers in Kuttanad will organise protests on Thiruvonam day against inordinate delay on the part of the government in disbursing paddy procurement price.
Several farmers in the region are yet to get the price of paddy procured from them in the last ‘puncha’ (first) crop season. Farmers under Nelkarshaka Samrakshana Samithi, as part of the protest, will cook and eat rice porridge in front of the Paddy Marketing Office at Mankombu in Kuttanad on Tuesday.
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee working president Kodikunnil Suresh, MP, will stage a protest in front of the Secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram on Thiruvonam day from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Several farmers from Kuttanad are expected to join him in preparing and eating rice porridge. Mr. Suresh said the government still owed ₹360 crore to paddy farmers in the State. He said the government owed around ₹99 crore to 6,748 farmers in Alappuzha district.
