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Palaniswami demands compensation for maize-growers

AIADMK general secretary Edappadi K. Palaniswami on Thursday demanded ₹20,000 per acre in compensation to maize-growers in Cuddalore district. In a statement, he said the growers had lost the crop planted on about 60,000 acres in the district. Agriculture Minister M.R.K. Panneerselvam did not even visit them; neither did officials of the Agriculture Department take steps for providing relief to them, he said. 

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