Another farmer falls at officer’s feet urging procurement of paddy in Mancherial

A farmer in Mancherial district fell at the feet of an Additional Collector, urging authorities to procure paddy lying at procurement centres for weeks. Farmers alleged severe hardship due to delays, unseasonal rains and lack of timely payments for their produce

Mancherial: Another farmer fell at the feet of a revenue official, requesting him to procure paddy at a procurement centre at Padthanpalli village in Hajipur mandal on Friday.

The farmer fell at the feet of Additional Collector Chandraiah, pleading with him to buy the paddy. He regretted that farmers were struggling to protect their paddy produce shifted to procurement centres for around a month. He stated that they were forced to stay awake to safeguard the grains due to unseasonal rains. He added that they were missing family functions.

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CPI (ML) New Democracy Area secretary Donda Prabhakar said that farmers were facing inconvenience in selling paddy grains produced despite several hardships. He demanded that the government procure the paddy and release payments to the farmers at the earliest. He also demanded that the government procure grains damaged due to recent unseasonal rains. He regretted that farmers were losing their lives while protecting the paddy produce at the centres.

On Thursday, a distressed farmer touched the feet of Hajipur Mandal Revenue Officer Pushpalatha, pleading with her to buy the produce.