Shirpur : The farmers here have warned to take out a front in the office of the Deputy Engineer of the Irrigation Department, Shirpur on March 28, demanding compensation and getting water for irrigation at the earliest. Due to the stubborn policy of the officials of the Irrigation Department, the farmers are facing a lot of trouble.
Even though billions of liters of water is available in the Aner project/dam, farmers are not being given water for farming. Farmers are constantly making rounds to fill the water tank in Hisale unit. It is being told that the farmers have not got water till now. It is being told that there is no coordination between the officials, due to which the farmers are being deprived of water. Farmers do not get enough water in both Kharif and Rabi seasons, due to which production is getting affected.
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On 2 March 2022, Baba Patil along with No. An application was also made to the concerned authorities for compensation for cultivation on behalf of the 10 affected farmers, but till now the farmers have not received the compensation. Aner Dam’s deputy engineer H.G. says that all the applications that had come have disappeared. In the past, there was a demand from the farmers to release water for agriculture from Chari No. 10, at that time some farmers had also tried to commit self-immolation, despite this, the officials of the concerned department demanded compensation and water to the farmers. was not paid attention to. At that time it was also warned on behalf of the farmers that if anyone died during the agitation, then the officers of the Irrigation Department, Executive Engineer, Sub Engineer, Branch Engineer would be held responsible for that.
A front will be taken out on behalf of the farmers in front of the office.
If the compensation of land number 10 to the farmers and water for irrigation is not made soon, then on March 28, a front will be taken out on behalf of the farmers in front of the office of the Deputy Engineer, Irrigation Department, Shirpur. Bharatiya Janata Party District Vice President K. D. Patil, Ed. Baba Patil, President of Shirpur Agricultural Produce Market Committee Narendra Singh Sisodia, Director Avinash Patil, Dhanraj Marathe (Thalner), Bharat Marathe (Thalner), Sarjerao Patil (Thalner), Yogesh Borse Deputy Panch (Piloda), Bhuteshwar Patil (Manjrod), Vasudev Patle (Manjrod) Ashok Ramkrishna Patil Nath Pandharinath, Pathu Darbar Singh Banjara Ajnad, Janardan Patil Bhatpura, Bhat Singh Rajput Honanthe, Armaan Moulay Bhaver, Dariyav Singh Jadhav Bablaj and many farmers of the taluka have given relevant statements and warnings.
The farmers are not getting water due to lack of any movement from the Irrigation Department. Due to the scarcity of water, production is also being affected, due to which the economic condition of the farmers is also being affected. Farmers are pleading with the Irrigation Department officials for compensation, but the demand of the farmers is not being paid attention to.