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5,000 TN farmers to benefit from remote pump controllers
The New Indian Express Nagapattinam
|December 27, 2024
IN a measure that could mitigate the risks faced by farmers as well as arrest water wastage, the agricultural engineering department would give away remote electric pump controllers, which can operate pump sets in fields from the convenience of one's house or just about anywhere, at a subsidised rate.
The department has set an initial target installation of 5,500 such devices across the state, of which 157 is earmarked for eligible farmers in Tiruchy.
A Kandasamy, executive engineer (agriculture engineering)-Tiruchy, explained that the remote electric pump controller would be connected with the motor pump set in the farmer's field well and a particular SIM card provided with the device would then be inserted into the beneficiary's mobile phone.
This story is from the December 27, 2024 edition of The New Indian Express Nagapattinam.
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