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"If Thondamuthur received 136mm of rainfall, then why are our borewells continuing to run dry more than 1,000 ft deep?" "Subsidies, schemes, compensation and insurance payouts for a particular area is decided based on the rainfall data. shouted a senior farmer, K Diriviyam.The announcement was cut short by more farmers accusing the district administration of measuring the rainfall wrongly and how "it makes no sense". "If a block looks like it has good rainfall, then the government is saved from compensating the farmers or spending on a scheme. COIMBATORE: The weekly farmers' grievance meeting held at the Coimbatore district collectorate on Friday witnessed noisy scenes when the collector's personal assistant announced that Thondamuthur block received 136mm of summer rains.Angry farmers accused the administration of getting the numbers wrong..