one size doesnt fit all
While my earlier post was about the farmers plight in India, here is another, this time taken from the letters to the editor from The Hindu. This is about different kind of problems faced by the farmers in Tamil Nadu.
I am totally in agreement with this write up and I have seen how in our village the NGERA work is being misutilized with just the sole objective of providing work for the people and no gain from the work for the village. One day I saw few people cleaning up the road - clearing off the grass and other weeds from the side. Of course, this would help, but these people were doing in when it was about the rain the next day and also when the farming season was in full swing - where more agricultural hands are needed.
Thats why what is good for one region cannot be applied to other region. In fact, in Trichy and Tanjore district, there is work on the farm lands year around what with the sugarcane, banana being cultivated, but the cost of cultivation has gone up so much compounded by lack of people to get the work done on time.
So we need to come up with a different solution for these regions.
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