‘Revive committee formed to address challenges faced by plantation sector’

Coimbatore | Tuesday | 16th October, 2018

Summary:

more-inThe co-ordination committee formed earlier to discuss and address challenges faced by the plantation sector in the State should be revived and meet periodically, Sunil Paliwal, Labour and Employment Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu, said here on Monday. Shaker Nagarajan, coffee planter from Pattiveeranpatti, has been elected chairman of the Planters’ Association of Tamil Nadu for 2018-2019. It should meet at least once a quarter till solutions are found for the challenges faced by the sector. Mr.

Paliwal said at the annual conference of the Planters’ Association of Tamil Nadu that the committee should have secretaries of agriculture and municipal administration departments, too. “I appeal to the Tamil Nadu to seriously consider our association’s request in this regard,” he said..