Farming back at Methran Kayal

Agriculture production commissioner Raju Narayana Swamy was also present on the occasion.;

Update: 2016-11-11 00:36 GMT
Agriculture minister V.S. Sunil Kumar sows paddy seeds at Methran Kayal on Thursday. Agriculture production commissioner Raju Narayana Swamy, CPM Kottayam district secretary V.N. Vasavan and K. Suresh Kurup, MLA, are also seen.(Photo:  DC)
Agriculture minister V.S. Sunil Kumar sows paddy seeds at Methran Kayal on Thursday. Agriculture production commissioner Raju Narayana Swamy, CPM Kottayam district secretary V.N. Vasavan and K. Suresh Kurup, MLA, are also seen.(Photo: DC)
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Kottayam: Agriculture Minister V.S. Sunil Kumar inaugurated the revival of paddy farming in 25 acres in the Methran Kayal  by sowing the seeds on Thursday evening. “The government will not  allow any land to remain idle without agriculture,”   Mr Sunil Kumar said.   Methran Kayal has 404 acres of paddy fields which have been lying idle for the  last eight years. “The government is aiming at development without filling the paddy fields and destroying nature,”  he said. The government will not allow the ‘Rakindo Developers’ to carry out any activities other than agriculture at the place that they purchased from the farmers,  he said.

He  had instructed the Kottayam district collector to take  action  against the developers for keeping the land in their possession in violation of the land Act, he added.   He promised to give facilities to the farmers and the  Kudumbasree workers to start farming in the land. The agriculture department was  ready to give  facilities to the ‘Rakindo Developers’ to do agriculture, he said. Mr K. Suresh Kurup MLA presided over the meeting. Agriculture production commissioner  Raju Narayana Swamy was also present on the occasion.

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