Cotton Farmers Block The Road Near Tirupati

Cotton farmers block the road near Tirupati.

The police negotiated with the cotton farmers of Tirupati, saying that the way would be paved to fulfill their demand and therefore abandon the road blockade.

There is an Agricultural Farmers Cooperative Production Association in Madappalli Panchayat of the district. Cotton is auctioned annually at this association. Accordingly, cotton was auctioned this year.

It is customary for farmers from Krishnagiri, Ranipettai, Walaja, Ambur, Thiruvannamalai, Singarapettai, and various other places to sell their cotton to the Farmers’ Co-operative Marketing Association.

Last week, a quintal of cotton called RCH sold for Rs 15,000 as traders from various parts of Coimbatore, Tiruppur, Chennimalai, and Tamil Nadu competed.

In this context, the farmers who had brought the cotton this week, demanding a lower price should be raised.

The police where the information on this incident will be made in the compromise that their demands will be done to the cotton farmers.

However, peaceful cotton farmers have been involved in the struggle of the Commercial Agricultural Farmers Cooperative Society.

The farmers dispersed on the basis that they had negotiated with the authorities and then said they would take action, thus causing a stir in the area for some time.

Good news for Theni people, No more chance of power outage.

There is a power station at Lowercamp near Kudalur in the Theni district. Electricity is generated here from the water released from the Mullaiperiyaru Dam.

At the Periyar Power Station in the Lower Camp, only one generator was used to generate electricity and now additional power has been generated as the water is more open.

Periyar Power Station: –

There is a power station at Lowercamp near Kudalur in the Theni district. Electricity is generated here from the water released from the Mullaiperiyaru Dam.

There are 4 generators set up here for power generation. Water should be opened at a rate of 450 cubic feet per second per generator. Then a generator can generate 42 MW of electricity.