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The 2016–17 Drought in Tamil Nadu is a disaster among the farmers of Tamil Nadu. This drought has happened due to the worst rainfall of last 140 years in Tamil Nadu. The rain bringing season of Northeast monsoon had left the farmers subdued with little rainfall.[1]


The drought had caused many farmer head of households to commit suicide.[2]




Contents






  • 1 Northeast Monsoon


  • 2 Charred crops in Tamil Nadu


  • 3 Farmers death due to depression


  • 4 Tamil Nadu announced drought-hit


  • 5 Farmers Protest in Delhi


  • 6 References





Northeast Monsoon[edit]


The year of 2016 has faced the worst rainfall in last 140 years in Tamil Nadu. In Tamil Nadu the average annual rainfall had gradually decreased 62% in 2016. The Northeast monsoon season had subdued over Tamil Nadu with the worse rainfall ever, just scattering rain in some areas.The highest deficit of normal rainfall in Indian states in 2016 is recorded in Tamil Nadu with 82% deficit.[3]



Charred crops in Tamil Nadu[edit]


Agriculture in Tamil Nadu has faced a thunder like hit since the low rainfall had left the crops and agricultural lands with no water for irrigational purposes.Also the Kaveri water issue became a huge headache for the farmers in Tamil Nadu, as no water is obtained from the tributaries of Kaveri river where it is the only source of irrigation for the Tamil Nadu farmers. The crops had severely charred in lakhs of hectares. It is said that the harvest in the year will be the worst ever in Tamil Nadu.[4]



Farmers death due to depression[edit]


Since the agricultural growth of crops had decreased and charred due to less water for irrigation, the farmers in Tamil Nadu requested the state to be announced as affected by drought. Many fasting strike and mass movements were held due to the delay of announcing Tamil Nadu as affected by drought.Farmers fell in deep depression because of indebtedness and charred crops in their fields. Tamil Nadu farmers fell ill and dead each day due to heart attack.



Tamil Nadu announced drought-hit[edit]


On 10 January 2017, Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam announced that Tamil Nadu will be announced as drought-hit state. Since entire Tamil Nadu was devastated by the drought because of low rainfall, huge expenses will be incurred in protecting the people and central financial assistance will be sought because of this, he said. He further said that Rs.5465 per acre will be provided for farmers who suffered 33% loss sowing paddy and other irrigational crops and Rs.7287 per acre for long term crops.[5]



Farmers Protest in Delhi[edit]


Main article: 2017 Tamil Nadu Farmers Protest

As announced by the TN Government the relief funds are not distributed evenly and not abandoning the loans of the farmers they got from the cooperative banks, they got frustrated.Since the Central and State government betrayed the Tamil Nadu farmers, they started to protest against the central Government in Jantar Mantar, New Delhi. This protest



References[edit]





  1. ^ "NE Monsoon Worst In 140 Years, 144 Farmers Dead, Tamil Nadu Declares Drought". IndiaSpend. 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-02-23..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


  2. ^ https://www.newsweek.com/2018/08/24/india-drought-suicides-climate-change-farmers-skulls-heat-disaster-1072699.html


  3. ^ "Northeast Monsoon to end on deficit note for Tamil Nadu". Skymet Weather. 2016-12-21. Retrieved 2017-02-23.


  4. ^ "Tamil Nadu declares drought as 144 farmers die amid worst North East monsoon in 140 years". Firstpost.com. Retrieved 2017-02-23.


  5. ^ "TN to be declared drought-hit; CM announces sops for farmers : PTI feed, News - India Today". Indiatoday.intoday.in. 2017-01-10. Retrieved 2017-02-23.



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