the goan I network
SANGUEM
Vice Chairman of Kurdi Vividh Kari Sahakari Seva Society (KVKSSS) Mano Paryekar has appealed to the State government for compensation to sugarcane farmers in Sanguem after their sugarcane plantations had dried due to lack of water supply from the Water Resources Department (WRD).
Paryekar informed that in April and May, several cane cultivators in Kurdi Wadem village suffered huge losses due to lack of water supply from the WRD and as a result, sugarcane plantation in the village had dried up.
The WRD failed to make provision for water supply to the cane cultivation after the Naikaband Scheme and the Bhandaras at Wadem Colony No. 1 dried up much before the onset of monsoon season, claimed Paryekar.
Paryekar informed that the VKSS Society, which provides loan to farmers for cultivation of sugarcane, had earlier written to the government for due compensation to the farmers.
“The government had assured to look into the matter but as of now there is no further communication from the Government towards the reimbursement of losses,” claimed Paryekar.
“If the government fails to consider the request for fair compensation, the Society will be left with no other alternative but to get farmers to agitate against the government.”
He informed that the Society is taking up the matter on behalf of farmers to ensure the repayment of loans advanced by the Society to the cane cultivators, who depend exclusively on the yield from cane cultivation.
“However, with farmers expecting a very low yield in the coming season, there is a high possibility that farmers may not recover the cost incurred by them towards cane cultivation. In such an event, the functioning of the society will be severely affected,” argued Paryekar.
Paryekar also informed that Sanguem Deputy Collector Ajay Gaude and the agriculture department in their reports to the government have confirmed of losses suffered by cane cultivators due to short supply of water by the WRD.
