coimbatore farmers who participated in the monthly farmers grievance meeting at coimbatore collectorate on friday sought the district administrations intervention to prevent damage to crops and properties in thadagam valley caused by wild animalsk kathiravan a farmer said that intrusion of animals such as elephants and wild boars had increased in thadagam valley causing concerns among farmers compensation given to farmers for crop loss is too little and too late it takes time for the officials to assess the damage and give compensation it is far less than the actual loss suffered by a farmer he saidfor instance only rs 500 is being given for damage of a coconut tree in reality planting a coconut sapling costs more than rs 500 the compensation should be at least rs 4000 per coconut tree he saiddistrict collector kranti kumar pati assured that the forest department will take suitable actionn subramanian a farmer from anamalai urged the state government to increase the copra procurement rate by rs 20 per kg the present procurement price of rs 108 was insufficient he saidfarmers from saliyur and kembanur urged forest officials to restore the villages in boluvampatti range recently they were added to the coimbatore forest range they said it took time for coimbatore range forest personnel to reach the spot in case of animal intrusion