Not long ago, farmers of Kavanthandalam, a village about 10 km from Uthiramerur of Kancheepuram district and situated along Cheyyar river, were extremely worried about the future of farming in their area.
Labour shortage was their main problem. Though this feature was nothing unique, the problem got compounded, given the proximity of the village to the Sriperumpudur-Oragadam belt that has become an important industrial belt in recent years.
“As Oragadam is only 15 km away, a large number of people preferred to work in factories there,” says G. Srinivasan, a young farmer.
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