Realtors strike gold in Thanjavur farmers’ woes

CHENNAI: M Chandrabalan of Kabisthalam in Thanjavur district is in distress. He is desperately awaiting a prospective buyer for his eight-acre farm, which was being used for cultivation of paddy, banana and sugarcane crop till a few years back. "My land is up for sale. There is no water, power or labour to raise the crop. Why keep it idle," he said, summing up his angst and that of other farmers in the region.