WEAT to hold training :

TIRUCHI: The Women Entrepreneurs Association of Tamil Nadu (WEAT) will conduct a 15-day training programme on food processing this month. The training will cover various aspects of food processing such as preservation, value addition, fruit processing, and bakery products. On completion of the training, women will be guided to start enterprises, and prepare project report. Those who are interested may register their names with the Women Entrepreneurs Association of Tamil Nadu by dialling 0431-420040 or 9488785806 or by visiting in person the WEAT office at St. Paul’s Complex, Bharathiar Salai in the city, a WEAT press release said.

DEMONSTRATION PLOTS

Demonstration plots on use of high technology in sorghum cultivation will be set up on 200 hectares in the district under the National Food Security Mission. Farmers who come forward to set up the demonstration plots will be given subsidised inputs, including seeds, bio fertilizer, bio pesticides, and micro nutrients, worth Rs. 2,000 a hectare. Farmers can avail a back-ended subsidy of Rs. 2,000 an hectare for using mechanised seed drill for sowing. Farmers in Thottiyam and Manapparai taluks can avail the scheme and can contact the Agricultural Extension officers, an official release said.

FARMERS CONDEMN SADANANDA GOWDA

The Tamizhaga Eri Mattrum Attru Pasana Vivasayigal Sangam has condemned Union Law Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda for backing Karnataka’s position on the Cauvery issue saying the current situation does not permit the State to release water to Tamil Nadu. In a statement here, P. Viswanathan, president of the association, pointed out that delta farmers could not raise kuruvai crop and had now started raising nurseries for samba cultivation. The water level at the Mettur Dam had come down to less than 80 feet and this caused much concern among farmers of Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister Jayalalithaa should meet the Prime Minister along with a delegation of Tamil Nadu MPs and seek the release of water from Karnataka and press for the formation of the Cauvery Management Board, he said.

Source : The Hindu