Thiruvarur

The party also sought the implementation of an easy mechanism to procure paddy directly from the farmers instead of the newly-introduced online registration. Leading the protest here, former minister for food and civil supplies R Kamaraj said the DMK government should take steps to provide Rs 20,000 as relief, as had been promised. “The relief is yet to reach the affected farmers despite a month after the northeast monsoon receded,” he said.

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