Farmers stand in serpentine queues for urea in Telangana
Farmers across Telangana are facing a severe urea shortage, with long queues reported in Makthal and other towns. Alleging hoarding by private traders, farmers are demanding immediate action from the government as cultivation is delayed across several regions.
Narayanpet: Farmers from different villages are standing in serpentine queues for urea at Makthal town here on Thursday. Holding passbooks, the farmers arrived at the Primary Agriculture Cooperative Society early in the morning and are standing for their turn.
After getting tired and getting exhausted by standing in the queue, the farmers have placed stones and footwear as an indication about their turn in the queue. Farmers were fuming that this was the situation in Animal Husbandry Minister V Srihari’s constituency.
They charged that private traders were maintaining sufficient stocks in their godowns and were selling the urea at exorbitant prices, citing shortage. They demanded the Agriculture Cooperative Society to provide sufficient urea and threatened to stage protests.
Similar scenes were witnessed at different places in the State. Farmers are fuming at the State government for its failure to ensure sufficient urea stocks availability ahead of the farming season.
Men and women are standing in long queues at Agriculture Market in Parkal, Hanamkonda. Videos of the farmers standing in long queues are going viral on social media platforms.
In a video, a woman farmer is seen saying “We have been waiting for 10 days. We have not yet commenced cultivation in the fields due to urea shortage. The government should make a clear announcement on urea supply, if sufficient urea is not supplied we will not cultivate this season,”
