Tips to use some facilities to avail of during the lockdown period!
Posted on: 07/Apr/2020 5:06:31 PM
Notification released by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, E. Palanuswamy for Farmers:
The State Government of Tamil Nadu has initiated activities on a war-footing to ensure that all essential food items are easily available and accessible to the public!
Giving due consideration to the welfare of the agriculturists in this situation, if they encounter any difficulties/hardships while taking their produce from the crops to the market for selling, they may contact the Assistant Director of the District Agriculture Department.
District-Wise Telephone Numbers:
- Kancheepuram and Chengalpattu - 9843938301
- Thiruvallur - 7708541376
- Vellore, ranipet and Thirupathur - 9442580451
- Thiruvannamalai - 9361110552
- Cuddalore - 9486420540
- Vullupuram and Kallakuruchi - 9443787717
- Salem - 9443363660
- Namakkal - 9080386024
- Dharmapuri - 9865815763
- Krishnagiri - 9444710229
- Coimbatore - 9003660358
- Nilgiris - 9994934804
- Erode and Thiruppur - 9443546094
- Trichy - 7010330487
- Karur - 7305630487
- Perambalur and Ariyalur - 7010330487
- Thanjavur - 9944669922
- Nagapattinam - 9944669922
- Thiruvarur - 9944669922
- Puthukottai - 9443008455
- Ramanathapuram - 9443008455
- Sivagangai - 9994621079
- Madurai - 9443004662
- Theni - 9442009901
- Dindigul - 9786785180
- Viruthunagar - 7598286370
- Tirunelveli and Thenkasi - 9842789906
- Tuticorin - 9487523498
- Kanyakumari - 9443432430
Aside from the above, on a state-level, the following numbers can be contacted from 10.00 AM to 6.00 PM: 044 - 22253884, 22253885, 22253496, 95000 91904.
The concerned officers will do the needful for the agriculturists.
The present system of charging the agriculturists for storing their produce in air-conditioned godowns is temporarily stopped until 30th April.
In order to ensure that the public gets easy and affordable access to buy vegetables and fruits and at the same time to ensure that the agriculturists to get their fair price, the Farm Produce Companies will be given loans up to Rs. 10 Lakhs in order that they can buy the product directly from the farmers/agriculturists.
An additional 500 mobile sales-vehicles of the State government Horticultural Department will be deployed in order to facilitate the vegetables and fruits grown by the Cooperative Farmers to be sold to the urban residents.
