From September 2018, sons were working in our property to mend the broken down walls following the heavy leak from the irrigation canal flowing through our property. I have a feeling that most of the repair work would be over before the Christmas season!
My representation to the government authorities did not yield any attention form them!
I am grateful for the help we have received form those who have been attending to contain some of the leaking of water and save the property.
I took leave for a week to take stock of the damage to the property- uprooting of fifteen trees, damage to five walls, extensive soil erosion, serious risk to another twenty trees, all in six months was a heavy toll.
I now get a sense of how farmers might feel, when they are struck by flooding and storm.
The agrarian crisis in India which led to five major street agitations in the recent three months is truly a representation of the awful state of the grief stricken farmers. It is either flood, or drought or crop failure due to pests, which make them debt ridden.
I am yet to feel assured that the woes of farmers are heard by those in authority and corrective steps are forthcoming!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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