MARGAO
South Goa MP Francisco Sardinha on Friday made a fervent plea to the South Goa District Collector to get the Mamlatdars expedite disposal of tenancy cases to make the farmers avail various centrally-funded agriculture schemes.
The MP also requested Chief Minister Pramod Sawant to reopen the Sanjivani sugar factor and also made a strong case for the resumption of beef supplies to the State from neighbouring Karnataka.
After presiding over the meeting of the District Development Coordination and Monitoring Committee (DDCMC) DISHA at the South district Collectorate on Friday, Sardinha said unless the tenants becomes owners of the land as per the law, they will not be able to enjoy benefits of the centrally-sponsored schemes.
“As Chairman of DDCMC, I had a meeting with officials of around 18 departments to review the implementation of centrally-funded schemes. While most of the departments have been on their target, someone pointed out that many a benefit of schemes have been denied to the farmers just because of the delay in the disposal of tenancy cases,” he said, while requesting the district Collector to get the Mamlatdars expedite disposal of tenancy cases.
He said quick disposal of the tenancy cases is important as the farmers can then avail benefits of the agriculture schemes.
On the Sanjivani sugar factory, Sardinha said the farmers, who had gone into sugarcane cultivation cannot be punished by the government by keeping the sugarcane factory shut.
On beef scarcity in Goa, the South Goa MP made a strong case for the resumption of beef supplies to the state. He requested the Chief Minister to impress upon his Karnataka counterpart that Goa needs beef for consumption. “We are not asking for cow slaughter. Goa had banned cow slaughter when I was the Animal Husbandry Minister. What we are asking for is the slaughter of cattle including bulls and buffaloes to meet the meat requirements”, he said.
Sardinha further demanded that the Chief Minister immediately restart the operations at the Goa Meat Complex. He feared the price of beef meat may further go up in view of the scarcity, reminding that the cost of any product does not come down once it goes up.
