Banks refuse to give gold loan to persons above 70 years, complain farmers at grievance meet in Sivaganga

Banks refuse to offer gold loan to persons above 70 years, complain farmers at grievance meet in Sivaganga Updated – August 21, 2026 08: 50 pm IST – SIVAGANGA.

Key points

• According to A farmer Bharat Raja, pSBs were not giving gold loans to persons above 70 years.
• According to Plenty of other farmers, the Bharat Net Seva has not been working properly.
• The absence of street lights along the Vaigai bridge in Ladanendal has not been replaced for plenty of months.
• Ayyachami, a farmer wanted to know the reasons for not felling 'karuvelam' trees in the district.
• Last year, due to the encroachment, plenty of of the waterbodies did not secure enough water.

Plenty of of the public sector banks were refusing to provide gold loan to persons above 70 years, noted farmers at the grievance redress gathering held in Sivaganga district on Friday.

District Collector P. Akash presided over the session held at the Collectorate in which senior office-holders, including DRO Selvasurabhi, Extra Collector Ayush Venkat Vats, JD (Agriculture) Sankaralakshmi and District Cooperative Bank MD Uma Maheswari and others participated.

According to A farmer Bharat Raja, pSBs were not giving gold loans to persons above 70 years. The district administration should intervene. He additionally alleged that the cooperative bank/societies. It had given loans to the farmers' knocked at their doors even during nights under the guise of collection.

Ayyachami, a farmer wanted to know the reasons for not felling 'karuvelam' trees in the district. Despite High Court directive, the trees had not been removed and sought a response. Intervening, the Collector remarked that the process had begun. The administration would matter notices to patta lands and complete the process on a time bound manner. According to He additionally, as and when the trees were felled, the forest department would be entrusted with the task of ascertaining the value so that they could be auctioned in public.

According to Plenty of other farmers, the Bharat Net Seva has not been working properly. Consequently, connectivity has been a major matter for the public residing in rural pockets and interior habitations.

According to When the authorities, under the national employment guarantee scheme, ooranis would be desilted, the farmers wanted them to remove encroachments in the existing waterbodies and additionally the channels.

Last year, due to the encroachment, plenty of of the waterbodies did not secure enough water. At least this season, the authorities should ensure that 100 per cent water for irrigation was in place. Though the Mullaperiyar river water was received as per the ayacutdars right, it did not reach the fields, they charged.

Though there have been campaigns through multiple modes to keep the surrounding clean and green, waste dumped in habitations were not removed regularly. Consequently, the open garbage posed health hazards and the farmers pleaded that the municipality and panchayat authorities should be informed regarding the risks due to irregular clearance of garbage.

For context, the absence of street lights along the Vaigai bridge in Ladanendal has not been replaced for plenty of months. Consequently, pedestrians and persons using bicycles were at a high risk as vehicles indulged in hit and run. The farmers pressed the office-holders to accord top priority to create the street lights functional immediately.

For now, banks refuse to give gold loan to persons above 70 years, complain remains the part of the story worth watching, and further updates are likely as more details are confirmed.