BABU AZGAONKAR ASSURES PERNEM FARMERS

PERNEM: Stressing that fields are the real property of the farmers and the Pernem taluka still has number of fields which are being cultivated, the Panchayat Minister, Mr Manohar Azgaonkar requested the farmers not to stop cultivating their fields.

Panchayat Minister Babu Azgaonkar

Speaking further, at the programme, organised by the Pernem Taluka Shetkari Seva Sahakari Society at Pernem, on Friday, Mr Azgaonkar said, "for the last several years I have been working for the development of the Pernem taluka and I will be with the Pernem farmers to solve their problems."

"I have seen the work of the Pernem Taluka Shetkari Seva Sahakari Society for the last several years and it is doing a good job," he remarked, adding, "earlier all the members of a farmer’s family used to work in the field, however, now a days it is not a common practice."

"Majority of the farmers in the Pernem taluka are small farmers and so the government should take note of this while disbursing subsidy, so that these farmers are also benefited along with the big farmers," said the Mandrem MLA, Mr Laximikant Parsekar, while speaking on the occasion.

"There is a support price given on the paddy which is sold. The support price should be given on the paddy produced and not only on the quantity of the paddy sold by the farmers," Mr Parsekar argued.

"The farmers keep some quantity of the paddy produce for self consumption and the sell the remaining," he observed

The Pernem MLA, Mr Dayanand Sopte who also spoke on the occasion said, "The Shetkari Society of Pernem taluka should go one step forward and provide help to the vegetable growers of the taluka by buying their product and also by creating a market for their products." During the programme some farmers from various parts of the Pernem taluka were felicitated.