Mayiladuthurai: A faction of farmers from Sembathaniruppu village near Sirkazhi in Mayiladuthurai district staged a road blockade on Monday, temporarily obstructing the Sirkazhi-Nagapattinam Highway. The farmers pressed for the district administration’s intervention to procure paneer karumbu (sugarcane) from them for inclusion in the Pongal gift hamper distribution, reported The Hindu. As per media report, contingent … Continue reading Mayiladuthurai: Farmers protest sugarcane procurement for Pongal hampers