Farmer dies at society market due to cardiac arrest at Warangal

A farmer died of cardiac arrest while waiting at an agricultural market in Warangal district on Sunday. Farmers alleged prolonged procurement delays were causing distress to cultivators. Similar incidents of farmers collapsing at procurement centres were reported in multiple Telangana districts recently.

Warangal: A farmer died of a cardiac arrest in the agricultural market at Alamkanipeta village here on Sunday. The deceased has been identified as G Pedda Venkateswarlu.

The farmer had cultivated maize and paddy in his fields. He had transported the maize stocks to the procurement centre at Kapulakanaparthy 15 days back.

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However, he brought the paddy stocks to the agriculture market at Alamkanipeta village for procurement. As he was waiting for his turn at the market, Venkateswarlu suddenly collapsed and locals immediately performed Cardiopulmonary resuscitation but their efforts were futile, reports said.

The videos of the locals performing CPR to the farmer are shared on social media platforms.

Farmers are charging that the officials were delaying procurement since last one month and subjecting the farming community to a lot of distress.

Incidents of farmers collapsing at procurement centres occurred at Nalgonda, Rangareddy and Jayashankar Bhupalpally districts last week. EOM