Singampunari: 1500 acres of irrigated lands lie fallow despite the availability of water near Singampunari.
This unit has 1500 acres of irrigated land in Chittamalli field in Mallakottai area. Until 15 years ago, up to 3 fields were cultivated here, but now there is no agriculture.
It is shocking that the wells in the area are filled up to the ground level and the water is overflowing.
While some people from this region have given up farming due to their work abroad, many middle-class farmers are unable to farm due to the problem of reared cows. More than 20,000 cows are reared in households in more than 50 villages in the region to sell dung to Kerala.
Cows roaming in herds enter the fields and destroy the crops because they are left outside without being fenced or tied. Unable to control the cows, everyone has given up farming. Some fields have grown like a forest of oak trees.
Therefore, the farmers of the area say that if the government erects a barbed wire fence to prevent cows from entering the field, agriculture will flourish again.
Gokulkannan, Mallakottai: Till 20 years ago, our field grew 3 bushels of paddy. At present, we cannot control the cows and do not do agriculture even if there is water. If this continues, agriculture will disappear in the future.
Syam Sunder: The Chittamalli Kanmai for this area has not been able to farm due to the problem of cows running on the other leg for a few years. If the same situation continues, there is a danger that all the agricultural land will turn into real estate in a few years, he said.
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