Ministers inspect CCpur paddy fields
Source: The Sangai Express / S Singlianmang Guite
Lamka, July 22 2012:
An official team comprising of two Cabinet Ministers and three local MLAs today visited the paddy fields inside Sangaikot TD blocks and those located along the Khuga canals to obtain a first-hand account on the drought situation.
The team led by K Govindas, Minister Commerce and Industries, Sericulture, Veterinary & AH and Dr Ratan Kumar, Minister Works and Transport have instructed the IFC Department to supply water through its canals at any cost.
'Even if it amounts to risking the canals of breaching, you need to release them,' one of the ministers told the IFC officials.
The IFC officials on their part told the visiting officials, which also include Henglep MLA T Manga Vaiphei, Thanlon MLA V Valte and Singngat MLA GS Haopu, that they have been releasing water through the canals since mid-June with a nominal increase in its quantity each passing day.
It is worth mentioning that the restricted release of water through the canals have left many farmers whose paddy fields are located along canals fuming as they have been unable to cultivate their fields for want of rain or water.
Witnessing the grave situation of most of the fields they have visited today the officials have made an elaborate plan to sanction at least 40 water pumps to help out the farmers as well as provisions for delivering the subsidized fertilizers to the farmers.
Local NGOs including ZEPADA and district council members have also accompanied the visiting team.