The Hindu : Opposition to stage demo on April 23

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Saturday, Apr 19, 2003

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Opposition to stage demo on April 23

By Our Staff Reporter

Thanjavur April 18. Members of all Opposition parties, except the CPI (M), will participate in a demonstration in front of the Collectorate here on April 23 to protest the withdrawal of free power supply for agriculture pumpsets.

A decision was taken at an-all party meeting this evening. S. Kalayanasundaram and A.V. Subramanyam, district secretaries of DMK, Pon Kaliyamurthy, district secretary of farmers wing of the DMK, Durai Chandrasekaran, former MLA, Nanji Varadarajan, district secretary of the Congress, Durai Balakrishnan, district secretary of the MDMK and Chidambaram, district secretary of Desiya League attended the meeting.

Road roko on April 22

Members of the Tamil Nadu Vivasayigal Sangam, affiliated to the CPI (M), will organise road rokos throughout the State on April 22 protesting the withdrawal of free power supply to agriculture pumpsets.

The association secretary, S. Balakrishnan, told reporters here today that the State Government has "failed miserably" in providing drought relief to the people. Though the Government announced Rs. 1,000 an acre as relief and land tax waiver, the relief was yet reach the beneficiaries. Contrary to land tax waiver collection of tax was continuing, he alleged.

Pointing to weather forecasts that monsoon might not be normal this year also, Mr. Balakrishnan said the Government should take steps to get water from Karnataka using the good offices of the Centre and the Cauvery River Water Authority. ``Farmers should be helped to sink community borewells. It is unfair to withdraw free power supply now. Without taking horsepower as the norm, the Government should stick to the criterion of small and marginal farmers to extend any benefit in power supply for agriculture pumpsets.

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