SUNDAY, MAY 19, 2024
Team Herald
Panjim: The farmers from Carambolim on Wednesday called on the Agriculture department seeking its intervention to ensure that the farms are cleared-off flooding.
The farmers of Dhado Khazan Tenants Association Carambolim met the Assistant Director of Agriculture with their concerns. The department has assured to inspect the farms to work out a solution.
Speaking to media persons, a farmer Caitan D’Mello said that more than one thousand farmers of Dhado are facing problems as their fields are flooded with water, thereby creating trouble for them when it comes to cultivating.
He said that the farmers in the past had approached Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and the Revenue Department for relief. “However, our plea remained unheard,” he added.
D’mello said that due to the current pandemic, our livelihood is affected, and farming is the only source of income left now.
He further stated that the Assistant Director has assured to conduct the inspection of the farms as to ascertain why the fields are getting flooded in the month of November-December.
